Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1)
The Superintendent or an authorized representative of the superintendent must
refuse to certify a boxer or mixed martial arts competitor if the examining
medical personnel or the Superintendent, or an authorized representative of the
superintendent determines that withholding certification is necessary to
preserve the health or safety of the boxer or mixed martial arts competitor.
(2) A boxer or mixed martial arts
competitor is medically disqualified from competition if he or she:
(a) Has sustained a significant cut that is
not completely healed;
(b) Has
sustained three consecutive knockouts or TKOs, any knockout within the past 60
days, or any TKO within the past 30 days;
(c) Has sustained two knockouts within 90
days or a knockout in the first fight after a disqualification;
(d) Is not sufficiently conditioned to
participate safely.
(3)
A boxer or mixed martial arts competitor who has sustained three knockouts may
be referred for neurological consultation.
(4) Pre-fight pregnancy test. Prior to
participating in any boxing or mixed martial arts event, each female competitor
will be offered the opportunity to take a pregnancy test at no cost to the
competitor.
(a) Pregnancy tests may be
administered during the pre-fight physical examination under the supervision of
the examining medical personnel or an authorized female representative of the
superintendent, using a pregnancy test kit supplied by the Commission.
(b) Pregnancy test kits not
supplied by the Commission shall not be accepted.
(c) The female competitor shall be
accompanied to the bathroom facility by the examining physician or authorized
female assistant, shall be allowed to take the pregnancy test in privacy, and
shall promptly provide the test to the examining medical personnel for
interpretation of the results. The female competitor may not carry personal
belongings into the bathroom while taking the test.
(d) In place of the pregnancy test described
in subsection (b) of this rule, a female competitor may submit a results report
from a serum or urine pregnancy test administered within 14 days of the
scheduled event by a clinical laboratory or licensed physician. The competitor
must submit the results report to the Commission no less than 72 hours before
the event.
(e) A female competitor
who tests positive for pregnancy may not participate in the boxing or mixed
martial arts event for which the pregnancy test was submitted. A female
competitor who fails to submit pregnancy test results or signed release
consistent with all requirements of this rule may not participate in the boxing
or mixed martial arts event for which the pregnancy test was requested. Nothing
in this rule shall bar a competitor from seeking to establish eligibility to
participate in subsequent events.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
463.113
Stats. Implemented: ORS
463.025 &
463.047
