NAC467.414. Provision of ambulance and medical personnel; alternative medical transport; notice of program to emergency services, facilities and personnel.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a program of unarmed combat must not be held unless an ambulance and two persons certified by this State as advanced emergency medical technicians are present at the site of the program and able and available to transport an unarmed combatant to a medical facility.

     2. If the ambulance or advanced emergency medical technicians leave the site of the program to transport an unarmed combatant to a medical facility, the program of unarmed combat must not continue until another ambulance or replacements for the advanced emergency medical technicians are present and available.

     3. If an ambulance is not available because of the location of the site, the highest level of medical transport in that locale must be present and able and available to transport an unarmed combatant to a medical facility. If the advanced emergency medical technicians are not available because of the location of the site, two persons with the highest level of training as emergency medical technicians in that locale must be present and able and available to treat an unarmed combatant.

     4. The medical personnel described in this section:

     (a) Must be designated to render service only to the unarmed combatants in the program.

     (b) Shall position themselves and their equipment in a location at or near the ring or, if the program is being held in a fenced area, at or near the fenced area, that they and the ringside physician deem appropriate.

     5. Each promoter of such a program shall, without regard to the size of the anticipated attendance:

     (a) Give notice of the time, date and site of the program to the ambulance service or emergency medical service which is located nearest to the site of the program and ascertain from the service the length of time required for one of its ambulances to reach the site.

     (b) Give such a notice to the nearest hospital and the persons in charge of its emergency room.

     6. For purposes of this section, a program of unarmed combat begins with the commencement of the first bout and ends when the last unarmed combatant leaves the site of the program.

     (Added to NAC by Athletic Comm’n, eff. 8-26-83; A 12-2-97; R083-00, 9-22-2000; R070-01, 8-31-2001)