New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL
Chapter 6 - BOXING, WRESTLING AND MARTIAL ARTS
Part 15 - DRUGS AND FOREIGN SUBSTANCES - PENALTIES
Section 15.6.15.14 - EXAMINATION OF CONTESTANT FOR DRUG USE BY INGESTION
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Any contestant may be required to submit to drug testing, or any other testing required by the commission.
A. Physician's observations: After each match, the physician shall advise the commission representative as to whether or not he observed any behavior or other signs that would indicate the advisability of processing a contestant's urine sample.
B. Decision to conduct drug test: The commission representative shall make the final decision as to the processing of a contestant's urine sample.
C. Commission representative initiates drug test: Whenever the commission representative has reason to believe that a contestant has ingested or used a prohibited drug or foreign substance, he shall request, and the contestant shall provide, under the supervision of the physician, commission representative, or inspector, a sample of his urine taken not more than one (1) hour after the conclusion of the match.
D. Integrity of urine sample to be maintained: Urine samples shall be taken in accordance with the protocol agreed upon, in writing, between the commission and the laboratory employed to process urine samples.
E. Contestant's cooperation required: The contestant being tested shall not use any substances or methods that would alter the integrity of the urine sample.
