iii. Off-Court Treatment 

At the discretion of the PHCP, and for reasons of privacy and modesty, treatment during a MTO may be performed off court in the most private location nearest the court and may proceed in conjunction with the Tournament Physician. 

In such a case, the Chair Umpire and/or Supervisor shall be responsible for notifying the PHCP of time remaining. At the conclusion of the three- (3) minute, off-court treatment, the player will immediately return to court. 

iv. Provisions for Players with Diabetes 

Players with diabetes with prior medical written certification obtained from a primary care physician or endocrinologist and submitted to the Anti-Doping Program administrator may be allowed to use devices off court to check blood sugar during the reasonable time evaluation period and administer subcutaneous injections of insulin (if needed) during the MTO. 

v. Additional MTO Administrative Procedures 

(a) At the commencement of the MTO the Chair Umpire will announce publicly, “Miss/Mrs. ____ is now receiving a Medical Time-Out” and start timing. 

(b) The Chair Umpire will announce to the players and the PHCP the following: 

(i) “Two (2) minutes remaining.” 

(ii) “One (1) minute remaining.” 

(iii) “Thirty (30) seconds remaining.” 

(iv) “Time” (publicly). 

(c) Should the MTO take less than the permitted three (3) minutes, the PHCP shall inform the Chair Umpire when treatment has finished, and the Chair Umpire shall announce to the players: “Treatment complete” and then publicly: “Time.” 

(d) When treatment takes the full three (3) minutes, the Chair Umpire shall announce “Treatment complete” and then publicly: ”Time.” After “treatment complete,” is announced, if needed, the 

