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76 If requested by the Physiotherapist/Athletic Trainer, in conjunction with the Independent Doctor, the Referee may allow up to a total of five (5) minutes to assure control of the bleeding. If blood has spilled onto the court or its immediate vicinity, play must not resume until the blood spill has been cleaned appropriately. g. Vomiting If a player is vomiting, the Chair Umpire must stop play if vomiting has spilled onto the court, or if the player requests medical evaluation. If the player requests medical evaluation, then the Physiotherapist/Athletic Trainer, in conjunction with the Independent Doctor, must determine if the player has a treatable medical condition, and if so, whether the medical condition is acute or non-acute. If vomiting has spilled onto the court, play must not resume until the vomit spill has been cleaned appropriately. h. Physical Incapacity During a match, if there is an emergency medical condition and the player involved is unable to make a request for a Physiotherapist/Athletic Trainer, the Chair Umpire shall immediately call for the Physiotherapist/Athletic Trainer and Independent Doctor to assist the player. Either before or during a match, if a player is considered unable physically to compete, the Physiotherapist/Athletic Trainer and/or Independent Doctor should inform the Referee and recommend that the player is ruled unable to compete in the match to be played, or retired from the match in progress. The Referee shall use great discretion before taking this action and should base the decision on the best interests of professional tennis, as well as taking all medical advice and any other information into consideration. The player may subsequently compete in another match at the same Tie if the Independent Doctor determines that the player's condition has improved to the extent that the player may safely physically perform at an appropriate level of play, whether the same day or on a later day. * It is recognized that national laws or governmental or other binding regulations imposed upon the event by authorities outside its control may require more compulsory participation by the Independent Doctor in all decisions regarding diagnosis and treatment.

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