Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part I - State Athletic Commission › Subpart A - General Provisions › Chapter 3 - APPOINTED OFFICIALS › Section 3.3 - Physicians

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A physician
				  licensed to practice in this Commonwealth will be assigned by the Executive
				  Director to every contest, weigh-in and exhibition. A physician so assigned in
				  the case of professional events shall also be licensed by the Commission under
				  sections 905(a) and 910 of the Athletic Code (relating to other licenses
				  required; and standards for issuance of licenses and permits). In emergencies
				  or unusual circumstances, the Commission may waive the requirement that the
				  physician assigned be licensed under sections 905(a) and 910 of the Athletic
				  Code. Physicians are not required to be licensed under the Athletic Code in the
				  case of amateur events.
(b) The
				  physician assigned to the weigh-in shall file a complete written report on each
				  person examined upon a form prescribed by the Commission. Examinations shall be
				  conducted in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Commission as
				  approved by the Medical Advisory Board of the Commonwealth, which are set forth
				  in the
Medical/Safety Manual
published by the Commission. Each
				  boxer shall be so examined before the start of each event in which he is
				  scheduled to participate, and may not participate if pronounced physically
				  unfit by the examining physician.
(c) The physician assigned to an event shall
				  be seated at the immediate ringside throughout the event and may not leave the
				  ring untended while the event is in progress. An event may not commence or
				  continue without an assigned physician in attendance. An assigned physician may
				  not leave the premises of the event without notice to and approval of a
				  commissioner, the Executive Director or an inspector. The physician shall
				  remain on the premises after the event until satisfied that no further need of
				  medical service remains.
(d) While
				  on duty at an event, the assigned physician shall render emergency assistance
				  inside and outside the ring to persons under the jurisdiction of the Commission
				  and shall be especially prepared to minister to the injuries and illnesses that
				  are to be anticipated under the circumstances of the event.
(e) The attending physician shall have full
				  authority to determine and to pass upon the physical condition of participants
				  and officials in the ring. For that purpose he shall have access to the ring at
				  all times and shall be empowered to direct the referee to interrupt action
				  pending determination of and decision upon the physical condition of a
				  participant or official apparently in need of attention because of injury. The
				  decision of the physician in attendance with respect to the ability of a
				  participant or an official to continue in action shall be conclusive and shall
				  be enforced by the referee in all cases. The attending physician shall be
				  empowered to direct the referee to terminate action when a participant is
				  evidently in jeopardy from exhaustion or punishment. In case of termination,
				  there may be no resumption of action thereafter.
(f) In case of injury to a participant
				  covered by insurance, the attending physician shall execute and file with the
				  Commission the appropriate form of report for the injury to the insurance
				  carrier on the form prescribed by the insurance carrier.
(g) When injury to or illness of a person
				  occurs under the jurisdiction of the Commission, the attending physician shall
				  have complete charge of the person while on the premises and shall be accorded
				  the full cooperation of Commission personnel and licensees present.
(h) When a knockout or technical knockout of
				  a boxer occurs, the attending physician shall follow up ministration in the
				  ring, at ringside or in the dressing room and shall take measures and give
				  instructions that may be appropriate. After the event, the attending physician
				  shall complete a post-fight check on each boxer who competed in the event on
				  the form prescribed by the Commission in the
Medical/Safety
				  Manual
.
(i) The attending
				  physician is empowered to inspect and pass upon first aid and safety equipment
				  provided for the event and to inspect and pass upon equipment intended to be
				  used by seconds in ministering to boxers.
(j) When it appears to a ringside physician
				  that a boxer or referee is no longer safely able to continue competitive or
				  official activity, the physician shall immediately so report to the Commission
				  and recommend the temporary or the permanent retirement of the person if
				  appropriate.
The provisions of this §
												3.3 amended under the Athletic
						Code,
						5
						Pa.C.S. §
													103(b)(1).