Pre-Match Physical of Participant and Referee

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

State Boxing Commission

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

61K1-3.016Pre-Match Physical of Participant and Referee

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 42 No. 244, December 19, 2016 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

THE TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE WILL NOW READ:

 

61K1-3.016 Pre-Match Physical of Participant and Referee.

(1) Each participant shall, at the time of the weigh-in, be examined by a physician as defined by Section 548.002(18), F. S. who is either a licensed M.D. or D.O. The physician shall certify in writing the participant’s physical condition and a professional assessment as to whether or not the participant may engage in the match. The physician shall, prior to the match, file with the commission representative a written report of the medical examination of the participant, which report shall state whether or not, in the opinion of the physician, the participant is physically fit to engage in the match. No participant shall be permitted to engage in a match unless he or she has been examined and pronounced fit to do so by a physician.

(2) through (3) No change.

(4) No participant shall be allowed to engage in any match if any of the following conditions are found by the physician:

(a) through (j) No change. 

(k) Ophthalmological problem(s) including but not limited to:

1. through 3. No change. 

(l) through (p) No change. 

(5) Each participant shall be required to submit to any additional medical examination or test ordered by the executive director or his or her designee, or the commission. Such medical examination or test must be original or a certified copy of the results which were performed by a physician as defined by Section 548.002(18), F.S. an M.D., D.O., or laboratory no earlier than 30 days before the date on which the results are presented to the commission, its executive director or his or her designee.

(6) through (8) No change.

(9) Participation in subsequent matches:

(a) Any participant who is suspended and issued Form BPR-0009-478, “Order of Automatic Suspension”, effective September 2015, adopted and incorporated herein by reference, which may be obtained at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/refernce.asp?No=Ref-________, by the executive director, or any similar suspension issued by any other jurisdiction shall not participate until cleared by a physician as defined by Section 548.002(8), F.S. licensed as an M.D. or D.O.  A physician may extend a medical suspension any time he or she believes it to be in the best interest for the safety of a participant. In all cases, the decision by the physician at the pre-match physical to issue or extend a medical suspension is final and not reviewable;

(b) No change.

(10) through (15) No change.

Rulemaking Authority 548.003, 548.041(1)(c), 548.046(2) FS. Law Implemented 548.006, 548.041(1)(c)(b), 548.046(1), 548.046(2) FS. History–New_________.

 

DBPR FSBC 20

 

A technical change will be made to the above form in Rule 61K1-3.007 removing the reference to Rule 61K1-3.016 at the bottom of the form.