THE DOUG HENRY RULE: AMA RULE BOOK, CHAPTER 3, SUB-SECTION E, NUMBER 1 & 2
Dear MXA,
Is it true that the AMA wouldn't allow Jason Lawrence to race in San Francisco because he had an IV at the hospital to offset his food poisioning? Erin Bates said on TV that this is what happened. Is that an actual rule?
There is an anti-IV rule on the books. This rule came in effect when Doug Henry started taking intravenous fluids between motos while racing the AMA 125 Nationals many years ago. The AMA wrote the rule to stop every team from bringing IV's to the track and starting an IV war. Does this rule apply to Jason Lawrence? It could, but it depends on the AMA's interpretation. The question of whether it applies to Jason is based on whether he took the IV "during, or as a result of competing in, an event, practices, heat races or qualifying sessions which are part of an event." If he got the IV the night before or the morning of the race, then the rule does not apply.
HERE IS THE RULE
1. At no time during the event will a rider receive any type of intravenous re-hydration unless such re-hydration is deemed medically necessary by medical personnel as a result of an emergency medical situation (e.g.heat stroke) encountered by a rider, during, or as a result of competing in, an event, practices, heat races or qualifying sessions which are part of an event.
2. Once a rider receives such re-hydration during the event, the rider will not be permitted to compete in any further events including, but not limited to, any further practice sessions, heat races, qualifying sessions or final events comprising any event in the meet unless and until the rider is released by the medical personnel who treats the rider for the specific emergency medical situation at issue. 
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