046.0001.9.2
Ch. 9, § 2. Personnel Required During Bouts
Cite as Mixed Martial Arts, Board of Rules, Ch. 9, § 2
(a) Medical Professional
(i) Promoters are responsible for ensuring all bouts have a medical professional onsite. Medical Professionals must be designated by the Commission or Commission Representative.
(ii) A bout shall not start or continue unless an approved medical professional is seated at ring or cage side, and the medical professional shall not leave until after the decision in the final bout.
(iii) Televised bouts may require two medical professional so that bouts may continue as one medical professional attends to a contestant in the dressing rooms or in the near proximity.
(iv) Medical professional shall be prepared to assist if any serious emergency arises, and shall render temporary or emergency treatments for cuts and minor injuries sustained by the contestants.
(v) Promoters are responsible to pay the medical professional compensation unless otherwise agreed.
(b) Medical Professional Support
(i) Promoters are responsible for ensuring all bouts have a minimum of one E.M.T., A.T.C., P.A., P.T., R.N., L.N.P., or paramedic onsite and must ensure the medical professional support have medical equipment that at a minimum contains the following items and is located within a reasonable distance of the ring or cage:
(A) A resuscitator;
(B) An oxygen tank properly charged with suitable masks;
(C) A stretcher; and
(D) An A.E.D.
(ii) The promoter must arrange for an ambulance to be onsite throughout the entire event. The promoter must arrange for and give advance notice to the nearest hospital and persons in charge of its emergency room of such event. Any deviation must be approved by the Commission or Commission Representative prior to the event.
(iii) The Commission may require additional medical equipment and personnel as appropriate.
(iv) Promoters are responsible to pay the medical professional support's compensation, if any.
(c) Security
(i) Promoters are responsible for ensuring that public safety is maintained at all events by providing security. This may include a minimum of one (1) certified peace officer.
(ii) Additional officers may be required as determined by the Commission or Commission Representative.
(iii) Any peace officer hired for this purpose must be Wyoming State certified and must be employed by a local agency having jurisdiction in that area.
(iv) The decision of whether a uniform is worn by the peace officer shall be a joint decision of the law enforcement agency and the Commission.
(v) Failure to comply with this subsection may result in the cancellation of the event and may result in disciplinary action.