New York Codes Rules Regulations (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
TITLE 19. Department of State |
Chapter VII. State Athletic Commission |
Part 210. Staging of Professional Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts Events |
Sec. 210.21. Emergency medical facilities and equipment
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- All professional boxing and professional mixed martial arts promoters shall provide medical information, facilities and equipment, including but not limited to a stretcher and emergency oxygen, adequate for emergency occasions, and all such medical facilities and equipment shall be approved in advance by the commission. Specifications of the commission for such medical information and equipment, and for the platform, padding and the covering may be prescribed by the commission from time to time and forwarded by the commission to each promoter. The promoters at all professional boxing and professional mixed martial arts contests or exhibitions shall have attending physicians at ringside, in such number as required by the commission in its discretion, and at least one ambulance with medical attendants consisting of at least one paramedic available at the site of the event at all times during competition and until such time as the attending physicians’ completion of all post-bout medical evaluations and all combatants in the program have exited the venue, unless otherwise directed or authorized by the commission.