Registered medical practitioner may stop contestant competing in registered event
58 Registered medical practitioner may stop contestant competing in registered event
A registered medical practitioner may stop a registered event at any time if the medical practitioner believes on reasonable grounds that a controlled sports contestant competing in the event is no longer medically fit to compete at the event.
Examples—no longer medically fit to compete head injury, fatigue or exhaustion, broken bone, open wound, significant blood loss
To avoid doubt, a contestant who is stopped from competing in an event under subsection (1) must not compete in any other contest at the event.
A contestant who is stopped from competing in a registered event by a registered medical practitioner must not compete at any other registered event until the contestant is issued a new certificate of fitness (see s 29 (1) (b) (ii)).
If the medical practitioner believes the contestant is no longer medically fit to compete as a registered controlled sports contestant at registered events, the medical practitioner may recommend the registrar—
suspend the contestant’s registration for a stated period; or
cancel the contestant’s registration.
If the registrar suspends a controlled sports contestant’s registration because the contestant is no longer medically fit to compete (see s 32 (2)), the contestant must not compete at any other registered event until the contestant is issued a new certificate of fitness after the suspension has ended (see s 29 (1) (b) (ii)).
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