R457-1-510. Contestant Use or Administration of Any Substance

(1) The Commission only allows use or administration of drugs, stimulants, or non-prescription preparations by or to a contestant during a contest as provided by this rule. (2) A contestant may consume only water during a contest. (3) A contestant may use petroleum jelly, as determined by the referee. (4) A contestant may use coagulants, adrenaline 1/1000, avetine, and thrombin, as approved by the Commission, between rounds to stop the bleeding of minor cuts and lacerations sustained by a contestant, except as follows: (i) contestants may not use Monsel's solution, silver nitrate, flex collodion also known as new skin, or substances having an iron base; and (ii) the use of any substance described in subsection (i) is cause for immediate disqualification. (5) The ringside physician shall monitor the use and application of any foreign substances administered to a contestant before or during a contest and shall confiscate any suspicious foreign substance for laboratory analysis, and the physician or laboratory shall forward the results to the Commission.