Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61K1 - Florida Athletic Commission › Chapter 61K1-3 - HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL BOXING, KICKBOXING, AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Section 61K1-3.007 - Participant; License; Conduct and Other Requirements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) License.
(a) No participant shall also be licensed as
				a judge, physician, or referee, and no participant shall act as a judge,
				physician, or referee.
(b) No
				person shall be licensed as a participant if such person:
1. Is under 18 years of age,
2. Has had cardiac surgery. An exception may
				be made with prior approval from the commission based on sufficient
				documentation from a licensed cardiologist which indicates that the surgery
				poses no risk to the health, safety, or wellbeing of the participant while
				participating in boxing, kickboxing, or mixed martial arts,
3. Has not received an ophthalmic examination
				within the immediate 12-month period prior to the date of the scheduled match
				and the results of the examination filed with the commission,
4. Is found to have any blindness or whose
				vision is so poor as to cause a significant health hazard or impairment to his
				ability to effectively participate in a match,
5. Has suffered cerebral hemorrhage or any
				other serious head injury. The executive director or his or her designee shall,
				if he or she has cause to believe that a participant may have suffered
				neurological injury, direct the participant to undergo an EEG, complete
				neurological exam, EKG, MRI, CT scan, or other medical examination deemed
				necessary by the ringside physician. The interpretation and diagnosis shall be
				filed with the commission, or
6. Is
				no longer able to competently perform as determined by the commission. A
				determination that a participant is no longer able to competently perform shall
				be based on participant's win/lose/draw record; participant's previous
				opponents and the results of such matches; participant's proposed opponent; the
				results of the matches between participant's proposed opponent and others;
				participant's physical condition; and participant's ability to perform
				effectively,
7. Has failed to
				comply with the physical requirements in these rules, including the
				pre-licensure physical, pre-match physical, and post-match physical
				requirements.
(c) Any
				person desiring to become licensed as a participant shall submit Form
				DBPR-0009-450, "Application for License, " effective September 2015, adopted
				and incorporated herein, which may be obtained at
https://www.myfloridalicense.com/intentions2.asp
,
				or at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07439
.
(d) Each participant shall submit to an
				ophthalmological examination conducted by a licensed and certified
				ophthalmologist or certified optometrist. The Participant and ophthalmologist
				or optometrist shall complete Form BPR-0009-665, "Dilated Ophthalmological
				Examination, " effective December 2014, adopted and incorporated herein by
				reference, which may be found at
https://www.myfloridalicense.com/intentions2.asp
,
				or at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07428
,
				and shall be submitted to the commission with the application for
				licensure.
(e) Each participant
				shall submit to a pre-licensure physical conducted by a licensed M.D. or D.O.
				Female participants may submit to a pre-licensure physical conducted by a
				licensed OB/GYN. The participant and physician shall complete Form DBPR FSBC
				20, "Pre-Licensure Physical Info Sheet, " effective September 2015, adopted and
				incorporated herein, which may be found at
https://www.myfloridalicense.com/intentions2.asp
,
				or at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07427
,
				and submit to the commission. The results from the pre-licensure physical
				examination shall be used by the commission office for licensure and fight card
				approval, and for comparison to pre-match physical examination by ringside
				physicians. The pre-match physical examination may be used in lieu of the
				pre-license physical examinations if performed within 30 days of the
				pre-license physical examination.
(f) Each participant shall provide the
				commission with hepatitis B surface antigen laboratory result and hepatitis C
				antibody laboratory result indicating no infection. Negative results will be
				acceptable for a period of up to 1 year. After 1 year, the participant will
				need to be re-tested and provide the commission with current laboratory
				results.
(g) Each participant shall
				provide the commission with rapid HIV test result indicating no infection with
				the human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS. Negative result will be acceptable for a
				period of up to 1 year. After 1 year, the participant will need to be re-tested
				and provide the commission with current laboratory results.
(h) Laboratory results filed with other
				commissions or jurisdictions in the United States may be verified in writing by
				them to the executive director in lieu of requiring a subsequent blood test for
				this purpose.
(i) All medical
				information provided to the commission directly shall not be released by the
				commission or any agent thereof, to any individual or entity without prior
				authorization from the participant and only for the purpose of determining the
				participants' ability to participate in a match in any jurisdiction, or for the
				purpose of completing other commission related administrative action.
				Participants shall sign Form DBPR FSBC 20, "Pre-Licensure Physical Info Sheet,
				" September 2015, as a release to permit the commission to release the medical
				information to the necessary individuals or entities prior to the
				match.