New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Chapter VII - State Athletic Commission
Part 208 - Special Rules for Health, Safety and Integrity in Combative Sports
Section 208.1 - Medical fitness required

Universal Citation: 19 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 208.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

(a) No one shall participate in a professional boxing or professional mixed martial arts match or exhibition, or engage in sparring unless medically fit to the satisfaction of the Commission. The Commission shall have the authority to examine licensees or require them to be examined for this purpose from time to time in its discretion. Licensees shall submit to any such examinations.

(b) No person who is subject to a medical suspension issued by the Commission or any other member of the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) in relation to any combative sport shall be authorized to participate as a combatant in any amateur or professional combative sports match or exhibition or as a wrestler in any professional wrestling exhibition in this State, except as otherwise authorized by federal law.

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