NAC467.027. Determination of physical and mental fitness to engage in unarmed combat; examination and testing; results of medical tests required.

     1. An applicant who has applied for a license to engage in unarmed combat or an unarmed combatant who has applied for renewal of his or her license must:

     (a) Be examined by a physician to establish the physical and mental fitness of the applicant or unarmed combatant for competition;

     (b) Provide the Commission with an original or certified copy of the result of a dilated ophthalmologic eye examination that must have been performed:

          (1) By an ophthalmologist who holds an M.D. or D.O.; and

          (2) At least 1 day before the date of the first bout in which the unarmed combatant plans to compete in the calendar year for which the license is valid; and

     (c) If the applicant or unarmed combatant has had a brain magnetic resonance imaging scan performed within the 5 years immediately preceding the date on which the application for a license or for renewal of the license is submitted, provide the Commission with an original or certified copy of the result of the brain magnetic resonance imaging scan, unless the applicant or unarmed combatant has previously provided an original or certified copy of the result to the Commission. If the applicant or unarmed combatant has not had a brain magnetic resonance imaging scan performed within the 5 years immediately preceding the date on which the application for a license or for renewal of the license is submitted, the applicant or unarmed combatant must:

          (1) Have a brain magnetic resonance imaging scan and a cerebral magnetic resonance angiography performed; and

          (2) Provide the Commission with original or certified copies of the results of the brain magnetic resonance imaging scan and the cerebral magnetic resonance angiography.

     2. An applicant or an unarmed combatant licensed by the Commission may be required to submit to any examination or testing ordered by the Commission.

     3. An applicant or an unarmed combatant must provide with the application for a license or for renewal of the license an original or certified copy of the results of medical tests which:

     (a) Were performed by a laboratory during the calendar year for which the license is being issued or no earlier than 30 days before the date on which the application is submitted;

     (b) Show that the applicant or unarmed combatant is not infected with the human immunodeficiency virus; and

     (c) Show that the applicant or unarmed combatant is not infected with the hepatitis virus.

     [Athletic Comm’n, § 62, eff. 4-25-78]—(NAC A 12-13-82; 11-2-88; 12-2-97; R083-00, 9-22-2000; R083-00, 9-22-2000, eff. 1-1-2001; R076-03, 12-3-2003)