1. A. In compliance with the blood testing requirements of Business Regulation Article, §4-304.1, Annotated Code of Maryland, a blood sample from an individual desiring to participate in a boxing, kickboxing, or mixed martial arts contest shall be:

   1. (1) Taken by a physician, phlebotomist, or other qualified health care provider chosen by the individual; and

   2. (2) Analyzed by a medical laboratory, certified in accordance with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act, 42 U.S.C. §263(a), for the presence of:

      1. (a) Antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and
      2. (b) The antigen of virus hepatitis B.
2. B. Only blood tests with negative results shall be submitted to the Commission.

3. C. The required negative blood tests:

   1. (1) Shall be submitted to the Commission by an applicant for licensure as a contestant, a contestant, or an authorized representative of the applicant or contestant; and
   2. (2) May not be submitted by the person taking the blood sample, the medical laboratory testing the blood sample, or any other person.

4. D. The required negative blood tests shall:

   1. (1) Have been performed within 30 days of the individual's application for a license; and

   2. (2) Except as provided in §E of this regulation, be submitted to the Commission:

      1. (a) At the time the application is submitted to the Commission, or
      2. (b) Not later than the weigh-in for the first contest in which the contestant is to participate following the submittal of the application.
5. E. The Commission, in its discretion, may extend the time for the submittal of the required negative blood tests to a time immediately before the contestant's first contest following the issuance of a license.

6. F. To constitute documentary evidence satisfactory to the Commission, the negative test results from the medical laboratory shall be:

   1. (1) On the medical laboratory's letterhead; and
   2. (2) Signed by an authorized representative of the medical laboratory.

7. G. In addition to submitting the required negative blood tests before a contestant's first contest following the submittal of an application for licensure, a contestant is required to submit the required negative blood tests if:

   1. (1) The contestant previously tested positive for the antibodies to HIV or the antigens of virus hepatitis B; or
   2. (2) The Commission has reasonable cause to believe that the testing of the contestant's blood may not result in a negative test for the presence of the antibodies to HIV or the antigens of virus hepatitis B.

Authority: Business Regulation Article, §§4-205, 4-304, 4-304-1, 4-310, 4-314, and 4-315, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: October 1, 1965

Subtitle revised effective August 26, 1985 (12:17 Md. R. 1705)

Regulation .01 amended effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2079)

Regulation .02 amended effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2079); March 29, 1993 (20:6 Md. R. 581)

Regulation .03 repealed and new Regulation .03 adopted effective December 28, 1987 (14:26 Md. R. 2745)

Regulation .03 amended effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2079)

Regulation .04I, J adopted effective December 28, 1987 (14:26 Md. R. 2744)

Regulation .04 amended effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2079); March 29, 1993 (20:6 Md. R. 581)

Regulation .05 amended effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2079)

Regulation .06B amended effective July 13, 1986 (13:14 Md. R. 1633); September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2079)

Regulation .08 amended effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2079)

Regulation .09C amended effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2079)

Regulation .10 amended effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2079)

Regulation .10B amended effective March 9, 1998 (25:5 Md. R. 367)

Regulation .10E adopted effective December 28, 1987 (14:26 Md. R. 2744)

Regulation .11B amended effective March 29, 1993 (20:6 Md. R. 581)

Regulation .12B amended effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2079)

Regulation .12B amended as an emergency provision effective May 14, 1999 (26:12 Md. R. 923); emergency status expired November 15, 1999; amended permanently effective January 24, 2000 (27:1 Md. R. 75)

Regulation .12B amended as an emergency provision effective March 30, 2002 (29:7 Md. R. 616); emergency status expired August 28, 2002; amended permanently effective November 25, 2002 (29:23 Md. R. 1811)

Regulation .13 adopted effective March 9, 1998 (25:5 Md. R. 367)

Chapter revised effective July 6, 2009 (36:13 Md. R. 898)

Regulation .04B amended effective May 22, 2017 (44:10 Md. R. 471)

Regulation .10C amended effective May 22, 2017 (44:10 Md. R. 471)

Regulation .12 amended as an emergency provision effective January 10, 2013 (40:3 Md. R. 215); amended permanently effective July 8, 2013 (40:13 Md. R. 1073)