Section 12.02 - Provision of Ambulance and Medical Personnel; Alternative Medical Transport; Notice of Program to Emergency Services, Facilities and Personnel; Police Officers(1) A program of unarmed combat must not be held unless an ambulance and two persons certified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as advanced emergency medical technicians certified to provide advanced life support (ALS) 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 523 CMR 12.02: (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) For purposes of 523 CMR 12.02, 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.(6) The promoter shall arrange for the presence of at least two police officers at the event, or as otherwise directed by the Commission. No event may proceed or continue on once begun without the presence of the police officers.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1331, eff. 1/27/2017.