S.D. Admin. R. 20:81:01:10 - Safety requirements - Medical and other safeguards

No contest may begin or continue without adequate safeguards to protect the health of the contestants competing. Adequate safeguards must include:

(1) The presence of emergency medical personnel at the site of the contest;

(2) The presence of at least one physician registered by the Commission at ringside at all times during the contest;

(3) The presence of an ambulance, dedicated solely to the contestants, at the site of the contest. The ambulance may be released in an emergency, only temporarily, and only with the approval of the ringside physician. The contest must be held in abeyance until the ambulance and the emergency personnel return to the site;

(4) The use of rubber or plastic gloves during the contest by all persons, including managers, seconds, physicians, cut men and referees, coming into contact with a contestant during the course of a contest, other than the contestant in the same bout;

(5) A stretcher must be kept under the ring or be available as part of the onsite ambulance equipment; and

(6) A portable resuscitator with oxygen must be kept under the ring or be available as part of the onsite ambulance equipment.

Smoking and alcoholic beverages are prohibited at all ringside tables.

The placement of camera and media people ringside is allowed only in neutral corners. Such persons must have a pass to sit ringside and must be approved by the Commission before they receive passes.

Notes

S.D. Admin. R. 20:81:01:10

41 SDR 7, effective 7/28/2014; 42 SDR 101, effective 1/7/2016; 44 SDR 102, effective 12/18/2017

General Authority: SDCL 42-12-10(1).

Law Implemented: SDCL 42-12-10(1).