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TABLE 11<br />

Medical Timeouts, Bleeding Timeouts, and Toilet/Change of Attire Breaks<br />

A. When Timeout May Be Taken<br />

Medical condition during warm-up • Immediately after request • At the end of warm-up<br />

Medical condition during match • Immediately after request • Next changeover<br />

• After qualified medical • After Referee or other<br />

person or trainer evalu- official arrives and<br />

ates and is prepared to explains the medical time-<br />

treat the medical condition out provision<br />

Visible bleeding Mandatory bleeding timeout begins when player notifies<br />

official or acknowledges that there is visible bleeding<br />

Toilet/Change of Attire Break When official determines need is genuine. Change of attire<br />

breaks are limited to set breaks unless there is a clothing<br />

malfunction<br />

B. Administration<br />

of the<br />

Timeout<br />

Evaluation time<br />

begins<br />

Treatment time<br />

begins<br />

Maximum<br />

amount of<br />

treatment time<br />

Treatment time<br />

ends<br />

Maximum total<br />

time<br />

If maximum total<br />

time is exceeded<br />

Medical Timeout When<br />

Qualified Medical<br />

Person Available<br />

When qualified medical<br />

person arrives at court<br />

After evaluation by<br />

qualified medical<br />

personnel<br />

When treatment ends<br />

and it has been<br />

determined that player is<br />

able to continue playing<br />

Penalize under PPS,<br />

except that if the medical<br />

tImeout was taken during<br />

the warm-up and the<br />

player is unable to<br />

<strong>com</strong>pete, the match<br />

does not begin<br />

Medical Timeout When<br />

No Qualified Medical<br />

Person Available<br />

Not applicable<br />

After official explains<br />

medical timeout<br />

regulation to player<br />

3 minutes, which includes the time to determine<br />

whether the player is able to continue playing<br />

When treatment ends<br />

and it has been<br />

determined that player<br />

is able to continue<br />

playing<br />

Penalize under PPS,<br />

except that if the medical<br />

tImeout was taken during<br />

the warm-up and the<br />

player is unable to<br />

<strong>com</strong>pete, the match<br />

does not begin<br />

Bleeding Timeout<br />

Not applicable<br />

When player<br />

notifies official or<br />

acknowledges that<br />

there is bleeding<br />

15 minutes<br />

When bleeding has<br />

stopped, playing area<br />

has been cleaned up,<br />

& someone has<br />

disposed of<br />

contaminated items<br />

15 minutes (regardless of number of conditions treated during the stoppage in play)<br />

• If bleeding has not<br />

stopped, the player<br />

must retire<br />

• If bleeding has<br />

stopped, but<br />

playing area is not<br />

cleaned up,<br />

Referee may move<br />

match or continue<br />

cleaning up the<br />

court<br />

<strong>USTA</strong> REGUL<strong>AT</strong>IONS III.E. (Medical Timeout and Bleeding Timeout) 113

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