New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Chapter VII - State Athletic Commission
Part 207 - Licenses and Event Approvals
Section 207.7 - Licensing and training standards for seconds

Prior to the issuance of a license of a professional boxing or mixed martial arts second, the Commission may require any applicant todemonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Commission, general fitness, trustworthiness, and knowledge of the Commission's rules and regulations, treatment of injuries, physical conditioning, health care, nutrition, training, first aid, effects of drugs and alcohol, and the wrapping/bandaging/gloving of a combatant's hand, to the satisfaction of the Commission in a manner approved by the Commission in its discretion. In addition, licensed seconds of professional boxing and professional mixed martial arts shall attend seminars about the rules and regulations of the Commission and skills as a second of professional boxers or professional mixed martial artists, as required by the Commission in its discretion.