OAR 230-020-0330: Medical Qualification

(1) Medical Personnel must refuse to qualify an unarmed combat sports competitor if medical personnel or an authorized representative of the superintendent determine that withholding medical qualification is necessary to preserve the health or safety of the unarmed combat sports competitor or the opponent. (2) An unarmed combat sports competitor must not medically qualify a competition if he or she: (a) Has sustained a significant cut that is not completely healed; (b) Has sustained knockout within the past 60 days, or any TKO within the past 30 days; (c) Has sustained three (3) consecutive knockouts or TKOs, or 3 knockouts or TKOs within the previous eighteen (18) months; (d) Has sustained two knockouts within 90 days or a knockout in the first fight after a medical disqualification pursuant to OAR 230-020-0330; (e) Is not sufficiently conditioned to participate safely; (f) The Administrator may submit the medical qualification determination of any unarmed combat sports competitor who satisfies subsection (c) or (d) above to the Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) for reconsideration. The MAC may recommend an allowance of medical qualification if it determines that the losses did not occur as a result of significant concussive head trauma. (3) An unarmed combat sports competitor who has sustained three knockouts may be referred for neurological consultation. (4) Pre-fight pregnancy test. Prior to participating in any unarmed combat sports event, each female competitor will be offered the opportunity to take a pregnancy test, at no cost to the competitor. If the competitor chooses not to take the pregnancy test, she will be required to sign a release form in order to receive certification to compete in the event. (a) Pregnancy tests may be administered during the pre-fight physical examination under the supervision of examining medical personnel or an authorized female representative of the superintendent, using a pregnancy test kit supplied by the Commission. (b) Pregnancy test kits not supplied by the Commission shall not be accepted. (c) The female competitor shall be accompanied to the bathroom facility by medical personnel or authorized female representative of the superintendent and shall be allowed to take the pregnancy test in privacy. The examining medical personnel will interpret the results. (d) A female competitor who tests positive for pregnancy may not participate in an unarmed combat sports event. A female competitor who fails to submit pregnancy test results or signed release consistent with all requirements of this rule may not participate in an unarmed combat sports event. Nothing in this rule shall bar a competitor from seeking to establish eligibility to participate in subsequent events.