North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 14B - Public Safety › Chapter 10 - BOXING AUTHORITY › Section .0400 - PERMITS, LICENSING AND CONTRACTS › Section 10 .0412 - DUTIES OF PHYSICIANS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) A physician
				shall not have a financial or pecuniary interest in any contestant
				participating in a match in which the physician is acting as a ringside
				physician.
(b) At least one
				physician shall be present at each match and render service and assistance as
				provided for in the rules in this Chapter. A physician shall be located near
				each contestant's corner in a designated seat for the duration of each match. A
				match shall not be allowed to begin or continue unless at least one physician
				is in his designated seat.
(c) The
				physician shall provide medical assistance for any illness or injury sustained
				by any person under the jurisdiction of the Division.
(d) If, at any time during the match, the
				physician is of the opinion that a contestant has received severe punishment or
				injury, or that to continue the match would pose the threat of unreasonable
				harm or injury to a contestant, the physician shall advise the referee that the
				match should be terminated.
(e) If,
				in the opinion of the physician, the referee has received an injury, the
				seriousness of which prevents him from continuing to officiate, the physician
				shall notify the Division representative who shall temporarily halt the match.
				The injured referee shall be attended by the physician until he is no longer in
				danger or has been transferred to the care of another physician or emergency
				medical personnel.
(f) In the event
				of injury to or illness of any person under the jurisdiction of the Boxing
				Authority Section of the Division and while located on the premises where a
				program of matches is being conducted, the physician shall have complete charge
				of such person and shall be accorded the full cooperation of the Division
				representative and all licensees present.
(g) Whenever a knockout occurs in any match,
				the physician shall examine the contestant knocked out immediately after the
				match. In the event of a knockout or other injury, the physician shall remain
				on the premises to provide medical attention as needed. When the physician is
				satisfied that the injured or knocked out contestant has recovered to the
				extent that the physician releases the contestant from his care, he shall,
				prior to releasing him, instruct him as to the danger signs of which the
				contestant should be aware and which would indicate the need to seek immediate
				medical attention.
(h) The
				physician shall not leave the premises until after the decision in the final
				match has been rendered and he is satisfied that his services are no longer
				necessary.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  143-652.1;
				  143-655;
Temporary
				  Adoption Eff. January 1, 1996;
Recodified from
				  18 NCAC
				  09 .0106 Eff. April 1, 1996;
Eff.
				  April 1, 1996;
Transferred and recodified from
				  18 NCAC
				  09 Eff. November 8, 2002;
Amended
				  Eff. November 1, 2004;
Amended Eff. March 1, 2008 (recodified from
				  14A NCAC
				  12 .0111(r));
Transferred from
				  14A NCAC
				  12 .0412 Eff. June 1, 2013;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
				  2018.