Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 046 - Wyoming Combat Sports Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Mixed Martial Arts, Board of
Chapter 9 - Personnel, Facility, and Equipment Requirements
Section 9-1 - Personnel Required During Bouts
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 9-1
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) Physician
(i) Promoters' are responsible for ensuring
all bouts have a physician onsite. Physicians must be designated by the
Commission or Commission Representative.
(ii) A physician may be anyone holding a
license of Medical Doctorate or Doctor of Osteopathic in the State of
Wyoming.
(iii) Any P.A. or F.N.P
will fulfill the requirement of physician per approval of their supervising M.D
or D.O.
(A) A bout shall not start or continue
unless an approved physician is seated at ring or cage side, and the physician
shall not leave until after the decision in the final bout.
(B) Televised bouts may require two
physicians so that bouts may continue as one physician attends to a contestant
in the dressing rooms or in the near proximity.
(C) Physicians shall be prepared to assist if
any serious emergency arises, and shall render temporary or emergency
treatments for cuts and minor injuries sustained by the contestants.
(iv) Promoters' are responsible to
pay the physician's compensation unless otherwise agreed.
(b) Physician Support
(i) Promoters are responsible for ensuring
all bouts have a minimum of one E.M.T., A.T.C., P.A., P.T., R.N., L.N.P., or
paramedic onsite and must ensure the physician support have medical equipment
that at a minimum contains the following items and is located within twelve
feet of the ring or cage:
(A) A
resuscitator;
(B) An oxygen tank
properly charged with suitable masks;
(C) A stretcher; and
(D) An A.E.D.
(ii) The event must be within a ten minute
response time of local emergency medical services or the promoter must arrange
for an ambulance to be onsite throughout the entire event. The promoter must
arrange for and give advance notice to the nearest hospital and persons in
charge of its emergency room of such event.
(iii) The Commission may require additional
medical equipment and personnel as appropriate.
(iv) Promoters' are responsible to pay the
physician support's compensation, if any.
(c) Security
(i) Promoters are responsible for ensuring
that public safety is maintained at all events by hiring a minimum of one
certified peace officer.
(ii)
Additional officers may be required as determined by the Board.
(iii) Any peace officer hired for this
purpose must be Wyoming State certified and must be employed by a local agency
having jurisdiction in that area.
(iv) The decision of whether a uniform is
worn by the peace officer shall be a joint decision of the law enforcement
agency and the Board.
(v) Failure
to comply with this subsection may result in the cancellation of the event and
may result in disciplinary action.
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