PREMIER LEAGUE

SECTION O: MEDICAL
Attendance of Medical Personnel and Provisions of Medical Facilities Old Rule
O.7. At every League Match:
O.7.1. each participating Club shall procure the attendance of its team doctor and
the Home Club shall procure the attendance of its crowd doctor. The Home
Club’s team doctor and crowd doctor shall be available throughout and for a
reasonable time before and after the match;
O.7.2. each participating Club shall procure the attendance of a therapist who
is qualified as required by Rule O.4;
O.7.3. each participating Club’s team doctor and therapist (who shall be qualified as
required by Rule O.4) shall occupy that Club’s trainer’s bench during the
League Match;
O.7.4. the Home Club shall procure the attendance of at least two fully qualified
and appropriately insured paramedics who shall be available to assist with
on-field medical incidents;
O.7.5. no person other than a participating Club’s team doctor, therapist (who
shall be qualified as required by Rule O.4) or the paramedics referred to in
Rule O.7.4 shall be permitted to treat Players or Match Officials on the field
of play;
O.7.6. the Home Club shall provide a minimum of 2 stretchers and an appropriately
trained team of stretcher bearers for each stretcher to remove injured
Players or Match Officials from the field of play;
O.7.7. the Home Club shall provide a medical treatment and examination room
close to both teams’ dressing rooms and shall ensure that the mandatory
equipment as prescribed by the Board from time to time is available;
O.7.8. the Home Club shall ensure that throughout each League Match a fully
equipped dedicated and appropriately insured ambulance suitable to carry
an emergency casualty and staffed by a person or persons qualified to perform
essential emergency care en route is available at the ground to transport
any Player or Match Official requiring emergency treatment to hospital;
O.7.9. the Home Club shall before each League Match make available to the
Visiting Club an emergency care/medical information sheet in the manner
prescribed by the Board from time to time.
O.8. At any other match in which a Club team participates (except as required under
the Rules of the F.A. Cup or the Football League Cup) the Home Club shall procure
the attendance of the holder of:
O.8.1. current, recognised four day first aid at work qualification; or
O.8.2. the FA Emergency Aid qualification and the FA First Aid for Sport
qualification; or
O.8.3. the Football Association Advanced Resuscitation and Emergency
Aid Certificate.
H.7
H.8
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PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION O