New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Chapter VII - State Athletic Commission
Part 213 - Rules for the Promotion of Professional Wrestling
Section 213.8 - Physical examination of wrestler
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) The licensed promoter of a professional wrestling exhibition shall provide for a physician to be present at each exhibition. Such physician shall examine all participants engaging in the professional wrestling exhibition prior to performance. Such examination shall include an assessment of, at minimum, the participants' blood pressure, pulse, head, eyes, ears, nose, throat, pupils, vertebral column and extremities, cardiac and neurological health, as well as evidence of other injuries, illness or disability. No prospective participant shall be permitted to engage in the professional wrestling exhibitionif, in the professional medical opinion of the examining physician,such participant has any medical condition, illness, lack of physical fitness or other conditionthat prevents him or her from giving a full, complete and satisfactory performance, or endangers his or her health and safety or the health and safety of his or her opponent. Upon completion of the examinations, the examining physician shall provide the Commissionand the licensed promoter with a signed written report, in form and manner acceptable to the Commission, certifying that the requisite examinations were performed.
(b) No participant requiring examination pursuant to this section shall intentionally mislead the physician or conceal from the physician any facts known to the participant with regard his or her medical history, including any prior or existing medical condition, illness or injury relevant to the examination and evaluation performed by the physician.
(c) All participants must present themselves for such physician-conducted examination prior to the commencement of the exhibition. No exhibition may commence until all such examinations have been completed. No participant disqualified by the physician shall be allowed to participate in the exhibition.
