Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) An
Application shall not be considered complete until the commission concludes there is
sufficient medical information to determine the athlete is currently physically fit
to compete safely.
(1) An athlete's Application
may be considered incomplete if the commission cannot reasonably verify the current
licensure status of the athlete's treating physician or the medical information
submitted with the Application. If an Application is incomplete, the commission may
require the athlete to provide medical information, including but not limited to, an
examination pursuant to Rule 280 that is conducted by a doctor of medicine or
osteopathy as assigned by the commission, and lab reports showing hormone levels (or
other related blood work) from a certified laboratory as designated by the
commission.
(2) All costs of providing
information to provide a complete Application shall be the athlete's responsibility
and information provided pursuant to this Rule shall not be considered a special
medical evaluation within the meaning of Business and Professions Code section
18710.
(b) Pre-Competition and
Day of Competition Testing Requirements:
(1)
Transgender female athletes who have not had a gonadectomy and are participating in
a female competition:
(A) Two weeks before a
scheduled competition, the athlete must submit lab reports of estradiol and
testosterone levels for the past six months showing serum estradiol levels within
the normal range for healthy premenopausal women (lab specific) and suppression of
testosterone levels to those normally found in women (lab specific).
(B) The day prior to any scheduled competition,
the athlete must submit on the Pre-Bout Medical Questionnaire Form (Form Number
PB001, Incorporated by Reference) the time, date, amount and method of the last
dose(s) of estradiol used within the past two weeks.
(C) On the day of any scheduled competition, the
athlete's test results for testosterone shall not be above the normal range for
healthy premenopausal women (lab specific).
(2) Transgender male athletes who are
participating in a male competition:
(A) Two weeks
before a scheduled competition, the athlete must submit lab reports of estradiol and
testosterone levels for the past six months showing serum estradiol levels within
the normal range for healthy men (lab specific) and testosterone levels within the
range for healthy men (lab specific).
(B) The day prior to any scheduled competition,
the athlete must submit on the Pre-Bout Medical Questionnaire Form (Form Number
PB001) the time, date, amount and method of the last dose(s) of testosterone used
within the past two weeks.
(C) On the
day of the scheduled competition, the athlete's testosterone levels must not be
above the normal range for healthy men (lab specific).
(3) Any level of testosterone above the normal
range may result in the athlete's disqualification or other administrative
enforcement action.
(4) Repeat elevated
testosterone levels during the 6 months prior to the competition may be grounds for
disqualification or other administrative enforcement action.
(c) Depending on the facts unique to each
applicant, the commission may require or prohibit the use of certain clothing and/or
safety equipment in competitions as a condition of licensure.
(d) The commission shall keep the athlete's
medical information and application documentation confidential in accordance with
applicable state and federal privacy laws.
1. New section
filed 9-15-2016; operative 1-1-2017 (Register 2016, No. 38).
Note: Authority cited: Section 18611, Business and Professions
Code. Reference: Sections 18640, 18642, 18648, 18660, 18661, 18711 and 18712,
Business and Professions Code.
