12019-20 U.S. Figure Skating Rulebook

THE 2020OFFICIAL

U.S. FIGURE SKATINGRULEBOOK ©

The 2019-20 membership year and competition season began on July 1, 2019, and all rule changes took effect on that date unless otherwise noted.

Should U.S. Figure Skating find errors in this edition of the Rulebook, corrections will be made in the online version. Any clarifications to rules will be found online in Technical Notifications. The Rulebook can be viewed as a PDF file online at usfigureskatingrules.org and is also available in the U.S. Figure Skating Publications App.

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Important Information about the U.S. Figure Skating Rulebook

On the following pages, you will find the Table of Contents, which lists every section of rules. If you are viewing this document electronically, the Table of Contents contains hyperlinks, so if you click on a rule, it will take you directly to the page with that rule.

The rulebook is divided into the following sections: Part One: Governance and Administration, and Part Two: Rules of Sport. Part One contains the Bylaws, General Rules, Membership Rules, Performance Sanction and Eligibility Rules, Rules for Officials, Tro-phies and Medals Rules and Committee Rules. Part Two contains competition rules, test rules, moves in the field rules, rules for singles, rules for pairs, rules for ice dance, rules for synchronized skating, moves in the field diagrams and pattern dance diagrams.

The bylaws have ascending article numbers using roman numerals.

The General Rules (GR), Membership Rules (MR), Performance Sanction and Eligibility Rules (PSER), Rules for Domestic and International Officials (DOR and IOR) and Trophies and Medals Rules (TMR) are in that order with the corresponding letters in parentheses preceding ascending numbers (e.g. GR 1.00, GR 1.01, etc.).

The committee rules consist of letters from the committee followed by ascending numbers. For example, the Ethics Committee Rules are number ECR 1.00 through ECR 5.01. The committees are organized by group and then alphabetically by name. Groups can be found in Article XVI, Section 2, in the U.S. Figure Skating Bylaws in Part One of this rulebook.

The rules in Part Two: Rules of Sport are numbered with ascending four-digit numbers beginning with 1000 and going through 9923. Each thousand (i.e. 1000, 2000, 3000) corresponds to a different section:

• Rules in the 1000s apply to all competitions;• Rules in the 2000s apply to qualifying competitions;• Rules in the 3000s apply to nonqualifying competitions;• Rules in the 4000s apply to test sessions (administration);• Rules in the 5000s apply to moves in the field;• Rules in the 6000s apply to singles;• Rules in the 7000s apply to pairs;• Rules in the 8000s apply to ice dance;• Rules in the 9000s apply to synchronized skating.

Summary of Changes and Important Information for 2019-20:1. As part of Committee Realignment, an attempt is being made to focus the Committee Rule Section on the authority, organiza-

tion and responsibility of each committee. As such, the Membership Rules, Eligibility Rules, Sanction Rules, Competitions Rules, International Officials Rules, Judges Rules, Technical Panel Rules and Trophies and Medals Rules that are beyond that scope have been moved into their own sections prior to the Committee Rules. For 2019-20, the previous rule numbers are in-cluded in parentheses following the new rule number or within the rule (if multiple rules were merged).

2. For consistency with the bylaws and directory, and to better group related rules, the Committee Rules have been reorganized by group. The committees are now listed alphabetically within their groups. Groups can be found in Article XVI, Section 2, in the U.S. Figure Skating Bylaws in Part One of this rulebook.

3. Due to the approved changes to the qualifying competition structure as approved by the 2018 Governing Council, significant changes have been made to the qualifying competition rules.

We realized that change is hard in the short term but hope these changes will make the rulebook easier to use and information easier to find in the long term. If you have trouble finding a rule that has moved, please email jnewcomer@usfigureskating.org.

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About U.S. Figure Skating ..............................................................................................................................................................17Officers of U.S. Figure Skating .......................................................................................................................................................17Joint Statement of Cooperation .......................................................................................................................................................18U.S. Figure Skating Policy on Coaching ........................................................................................................................................18U.S. Figure Skating Policy on IJS Revisions ..................................................................................................................................18

Part One: Governance and AdministrationBylaws of the United States Figure Skating Association ................................................................................................................19

Name .........................................................................................................................................................................................19Objectives ..................................................................................................................................................................................19Fiscal Year .................................................................................................................................................................................19Jurisdiction ................................................................................................................................................................................20Membership ...............................................................................................................................................................................20Government ...............................................................................................................................................................................21Delegates to the Governing Council .........................................................................................................................................21Board of Directors .....................................................................................................................................................................22Meetings of Governing Council and Board of Directors ..........................................................................................................24Officers ......................................................................................................................................................................................26President ....................................................................................................................................................................................26Vice Presidents ..........................................................................................................................................................................27Secretary ....................................................................................................................................................................................27Treasurer ....................................................................................................................................................................................27Nominations and Elections of Officers and Board of Directors ...............................................................................................27Committees ...............................................................................................................................................................................28Duties and Jurisdiction of Permanent Committees and the Nominating Committee ................................................................29Composition of Permanent Committees ...................................................................................................................................29U.S. Figure Skating Memorial Fund .........................................................................................................................................30Official Rules ............................................................................................................................................................................31Prerequisites to Participation in U.S. Figure Skating Activities ..............................................................................................31Definition of Athlete ..................................................................................................................................................................32Registration ...............................................................................................................................................................................32Resignations ..............................................................................................................................................................................32Grievance and Disciplinary Proceedings ..................................................................................................................................32Indemnification .........................................................................................................................................................................34Disposition of Assets .................................................................................................................................................................35Dissolution ................................................................................................................................................................................35Amendments to Bylaws ............................................................................................................................................................36

General Rules ..................................................................................................................................................................................37GR 1.00 ...Policy .......................................................................................................................................................................37GR 2.00 ...Registration ..............................................................................................................................................................39GR 3.00 ...Suspended Member ..................................................................................................................................................39GR 4.00 ...Annual Compliance Requirements for Coaches ......................................................................................................39GR 5.00 ...Administration .........................................................................................................................................................39

Membership Rules ..........................................................................................................................................................................41Club Management Rules for Full, Interim and Provisional Member Clubs ...................................................................................41

MR 1.00 ...Principal Skating Headquarters and Additional Rinks.............................................................................................41MR 2.00 ...Applying to Become a Member Club and Qualifications for Interim Club Membership .......................................41MR 3.00 ...Qualifications for Provisional Club Membership ....................................................................................................42MR 4.00 ...Qualifications for Full Club Membership ................................................................................................................42MR 5.00 ...Obligations of Full, Interim and Provisional Member Clubs ..................................................................................42MR 6.00 ...Privileges of Full, Interim and Provisional Member Clubs .....................................................................................43MR 7.00 ...Club Ethics ...............................................................................................................................................................43MR 8.00 ...Inactive Member Clubs ............................................................................................................................................43MR 9.00 ...Suspended Member Clubs .......................................................................................................................................44

Rules for Members of Member Clubs ............................................................................................................................................44MR 10.00 .Home Club Membership ..........................................................................................................................................44MR 11.00 .Dues of Members of Member Clubs ........................................................................................................................44MR 12.00 .Members Not in Good Standing ..............................................................................................................................45

Rules for Individual Members ........................................................................................................................................................45MR 20.00 .Applying to Become an Individual Member ...........................................................................................................45

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MR 20.10 Privileges of Individual Members ............................................................................................................................45Rules for Collegiate Clubs and School-Affiliated Members ..........................................................................................................45

MR 30.00 .Applying to Become a Collegiate Club or School-Affiliated Member....................................................................45MR 30.10 .Privileges of Collegiate Clubs and School-Affiliated Members ..............................................................................45

Rules for Synchronized Skating/Theatre On Ice Team Members ...................................................................................................45MR 40.00 .Applying to Become a Synchronized Skating/Theatre On Ice Team Member ........................................................45MR 40.10 .Privileges of Synchronized Skating/Theatre On Ice Team Members ......................................................................46MR 40.20 Members of Teams Not in Good Standing...............................................................................................................46

Rules for Honorary Members .........................................................................................................................................................46MR 50.00 .Dues of Honorary Members.....................................................................................................................................46MR 50.10 .Privileges of Honorary Members .............................................................................................................................46

Rules for Supportive Members .......................................................................................................................................................46MR 60.00 .Dues and Benefits of Supportive Members .............................................................................................................46MR 60.10 .Privileges of Supportive Members...........................................................................................................................46

Rules for Learn to Skate USA .........................................................................................................................................................46MR 70.00 .Learn to Skate USA Registered Programs ...............................................................................................................46MR 70.10 .U.S. Figure Skating Policy on Learn to Skate USA ................................................................................................46MR 70.20 .Dues of Learn to Skate USA Members .....................................................................................................................46MR 70.30 .Privileges of Learn to Skate USA Members ............................................................................................................46

Performance Sanctions and Eligibility Rules .................................................................................................................................47PSER 1.00 .... Authority to Establish Eligibility Standards ......................................................................................................47PSER 2.00 .... Enforcement of Eligibility Rules .......................................................................................................................47PSER 3.00 .... Discipline ...........................................................................................................................................................47PSER 4.00 .... Participation in U.S. Figure Skating Activities According to Eligibility Status ................................................48PSER 4.10 .... Eligible Status ....................................................................................................................................................48PSER 4.20 .... Eligible Coach Status .........................................................................................................................................48PSER 4.30 .... Ineligible Status ..................................................................................................................................................49PSER 4.40 .... Reinstatement from Ineligible Status .................................................................................................................49PSER 4.50 .... Restricted Status .................................................................................................................................................50PSER 4.60 .... Application to Lift Restricted Status ..................................................................................................................50PSER 4.70 .... Eligibility Classification Table ...........................................................................................................................51PSER 6.00 .... Performance Sanctions .......................................................................................................................................51PSER 6.10 .... Special Performance Sanctions ..........................................................................................................................53PSER 7.00 .... Approval to Receive Payment for Appearances, Endorsements or Exhibitions ................................................54PSER 8.00 .... Gifts and Expenses .............................................................................................................................................54PESR 9.00 .... Assessment Fees and Financial Reports ............................................................................................................55PSER 10.00 .. Foreign Performance Sanctions .........................................................................................................................55

Rules for Officials ...........................................................................................................................................................................56Rules for Domestic Officials ...........................................................................................................................................................56

DOR 1.00 Membership Requirement for All Officials .............................................................................................................56DOR 2.00 Rules for Accountants ..............................................................................................................................................56DOR 2.10 Appointment Process for Accountants .....................................................................................................................56DOR 2.20 Accountants Examinations.......................................................................................................................................56DOR 2.30 Requirements to Maintain Accounting Appointments .............................................................................................57DOR 2.40 Additional Information for Accountants ..................................................................................................................57DOR 3.00 Rules for Announcers ...............................................................................................................................................57DOR 3.10 Appointment Process for Announcers .....................................................................................................................57DOR 3.40 Additional Information for Announcers...................................................................................................................57DOR 4.00 Rules for Judges .......................................................................................................................................................58DOR 4.10 Judges’ Creed Standard of Conduct .........................................................................................................................58DOR 4.20 Eligibility to Become a Judge ..................................................................................................................................58DOR 4.30 Trial and Practice Judging – General .......................................................................................................................58DOR 4.40 Applications to Trial or Practice Judge Competitions .............................................................................................58DOR 4.50 Trial and Practice Judging Records .........................................................................................................................59DOR 4.60 Appointment Process for Judges ..............................................................................................................................59DOR 5.00 Requirements to Maintain Judging Appointments ...................................................................................................60DOR 5.10 Judging and Coaching ..............................................................................................................................................61DOR 5.20 Reappointment/Reinstatement of Judges .................................................................................................................61DOR 5.30 Foreign Judge Appointments ...................................................................................................................................61DOR 5.40 Authorization to Judge .............................................................................................................................................61DOR 5.50 Additional Information for Judges ...........................................................................................................................62DOR 6.00 Rules for Music Coordinators ..................................................................................................................................62DOR 6.10 Appointment Process for Music Coordinators .........................................................................................................62

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DOR 6.20 Additional Information for Music Coordinators ......................................................................................................62DOR 7.00 Rules for Referees ....................................................................................................................................................62DOR 7.10 Appointment Process for Referees...........................................................................................................................62DOR 7.20 Referees Examinations.............................................................................................................................................64DOR 7.30 Requirements to Maintain Referee Appointments ...................................................................................................64DOR 7.40 Additional Information for Referees ........................................................................................................................64DOR 8.00 Rules for Technical Panel Officials ..........................................................................................................................64DOR 8.10 Eligibility to Become a Technical Panel Official .....................................................................................................64DOR 8.20 Appointment Process for Technical Panel Officials ................................................................................................65DOR 8.30 Requirements to Maintain Technical Panel Official Appointments .........................................................................66DOR 8.40 Additional Information for Technical Panel Officials ..............................................................................................66DOR 9.00 Inactive Status of Domestic Officials ......................................................................................................................66DOR 10.00 ... Retirement or Resignation of Domestic Officials ..............................................................................................66DOR 11.00 ... Honorary National Officials ...............................................................................................................................66DOR 12.00 ... Hosting Schools for Officials .............................................................................................................................67DOR 13.00 ... Formal Complaints Against Officials .................................................................................................................67

Rules for ISU and International Officials .......................................................................................................................................68IOR 1.00 ..Appointments of International Officials ..................................................................................................................68IOR 2.00 ..Stipends ....................................................................................................................................................................68IOR 3.00 ..Retirement or Resignation of ISU and International Officials.................................................................................68IOR 4.00 ..Honorary International Officials ..............................................................................................................................68

Trophies and Medals .......................................................................................................................................................................69TMR 1.00 New Trophies ...........................................................................................................................................................69TMR 2.00 Acceptance of Trophies............................................................................................................................................69TMR 3.00 National, Sectional, Regional Trophies and Special Pins ........................................................................................69TMR 4.00 Medals ......................................................................................................................................................................69TMR 5.00 Certificates of Participation......................................................................................................................................70TMR 6.00 Special Awards and Trophies ...................................................................................................................................70

Trophy Listing .................................................................................................................................................................................71Committee Rules .............................................................................................................................................................................77Nominating Committee (No Group) ...............................................................................................................................................77

NCR 1.00 .Authority .77NCR 2.00 .Organization .............................................................................................................................................................77NCR 3.00 .Responsibility ..........................................................................................................................................................77NCR 4.00 .Procedures ................................................................................................................................................................77

Group 1: Athlete Services ...............................................................................................................................................................78Athletes Advisory Committee (Group 1) ........................................................................................................................................78

AACR 1.00 ... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................78AACR 1.10 ... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................78AACR 2.00 ... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................78

Coaches Committee (Group 1) .......................................................................................................................................................79CCR 1.00 ...... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................79CCR 2.00 ...... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................79CCR 3.00 ...... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................79

Dance Development and Technical Committee (Group 1) .............................................................................................................79DCR 1.00 ...... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................79DCR 2.00 ...... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................79

Memorial Fund Committee (Group 1) ............................................................................................................................................79MFCR 1.00 ... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................79MFCR 1.10 ... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................79MFCR 2.00 ... Purposes .............................................................................................................................................................80MFCR 3.00 ... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................80MFCR 4.00 ... Tax Deductible Status ........................................................................................................................................80

Pairs Development and Technical Committee (Group 1) ...............................................................................................................80PCR 1.00 .Authority .80PCR 2.00 .Organization .............................................................................................................................................................80PCR 3.00 .Responsibility ..........................................................................................................................................................80

Singles Development and Technical Committee (Group 1) ...........................................................................................................81SICR 1.00 ..... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................81SICR 2.00 ..... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................81SICR 3.00 ..... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................81

Sports Sciences and Medicine Committee (Group 1) .....................................................................................................................81SMCR 1.00 ... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................81

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SMCR 2.00 ... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................81SMCR 3.00 ... Mission and Responsibility ................................................................................................................................81

Synchronized Development and Technical Committee (Group 1) .................................................................................................81SYSCR 1.00 . Authority ............................................................................................................................................................81SYSCR 2.00 . Organization .......................................................................................................................................................81SYSCR 3.00 . Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................81

Group 2: Membership Development ..............................................................................................................................................82Adult Skating Committee (Group 2) ...............................................................................................................................................82

ASCR 1.00 ....Authority ............................................................................................................................................................82ASCR 2.00 ... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................82ASCR 3.00 ... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................82

Membership Committee (Group 2) .................................................................................................................................................82MCR 1.00 ..... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................82MCR 2.00 ..... Organization: ......................................................................................................................................................82MCR 3.00 ..... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................82

Programs and New Program Development Committee (Group 2) .................................................................................................83PDCR 1.00 ....Authority ............................................................................................................................................................83PDCR 2.00 ... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................83PDCR 3.00 ... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................83

Group 3: Technical and Officials ....................................................................................................................................................83Competitions Committee (Group 3) ...............................................................................................................................................83

CMCR 1.00 .. Authority ............................................................................................................................................................83CMCR 2.00 .. Organization .......................................................................................................................................................83CMCR 3.00 .. Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................83

Domestic Officials Recruitment and Management Committee (Group 3) .....................................................................................84DOCR 1.00 ... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................84DOCR 2.00 ... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................84DOCR 3.00 ... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................84

Domestic Selections Committee (Group 3) ....................................................................................................................................85DSCR 1.00 ... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................85DSCR 2.00 ... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................85DSCR 3.00 ... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................85

Officials Training Committee (Group 3) .........................................................................................................................................86OTCR 1.00 ... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................86OTCR 2.00 ... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................86OTCR 3.00 ... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................86

Tests Committee (Group 3) .............................................................................................................................................................86TCR 1.00 .Authority ..................................................................................................................................................................86TCR 2.00 Organization .............................................................................................................................................................86

Group 4: Administrative/Legal .......................................................................................................................................................87Audit Committee (Group 4) ............................................................................................................................................................87

ACR 1.00 ...... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................87ACR 2.00 ...... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................87ACR 3.00 ...... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................87

Compensation Committee (Group 4) ..............................................................................................................................................87CPCR 1.00 .... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................87CPCR 2.00 .... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................87CPCR 3.00 .... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................87

Ethics Committee (Group 4) ...........................................................................................................................................................88ECR 1.00 ...... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................88ECR 2.00 ...... Jurisdiction and Responsibility ..........................................................................................................................88ECR 3.00 ...... Disciplinary Proceedings ...................................................................................................................................88ECR 4.00 ...... SafeSport Complaints.........................................................................................................................................88ECR 5.00 .........Retaliatory Conduct ...............................................................................................................................................................89

Finance Committee (Group 4) ........................................................................................................................................................89FCR 1.00 ...... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................89FCR 1.50 ...... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................89FCR 2.00 ...... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................89FCR 3.00 ...... Budget ................................................................................................................................................................89FCR 4.00 ...... Financial Reporting ............................................................................................................................................90FCR 5.00 ...... Custodianship .....................................................................................................................................................90FCR 6.00 ...... Procedures ..........................................................................................................................................................90

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Grievance Committee (Group 4) ....................................................................................................................................................90GCR 1.00 ...... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................90GCR 2.00 ...... Responsibility and Jurisdiction ..........................................................................................................................90GCR 3.00 ...... Initiating Grievance Proceedings .......................................................................................................................90GCR 4.00 ...... Selection of Persons to Serve on Hearing Panels...............................................................................................92GCR 5.00 ...... Expedited Procedures .........................................................................................................................................92GCR 6.00 ...... Appeal from Decisions of Expedited Hearing Panels ........................................................................................94GCR 7.00 ...... Conflicts .............................................................................................................................................................94GCR 8.00 ...... Fees, Costs and Expenses ...................................................................................................................................94GCR 9.00 ...... Confidentiality/Publication ................................................................................................................................94GCR 10.00 .... Reciprocity with Other Organizations ...............................................................................................................95

Rules Committee (Group 4) ............................................................................................................................................................95RCR 1.00 ...... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................95RCR 2.00 ...... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................95RCR 3.00 ...... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................95RCR 4.00 ...... Procedure............................................................................................................................................................95

SafeSport Committee (Group 4) .....................................................................................................................................................95SFCR 1.00 .... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................95SFCR 2.00 .... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................95SFCR 3.00 .... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................96

Strategic Planning Committee (Group 4) .......................................................................................................................................96SPCR 1.00 .... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................96SPCR 2.00 .... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................96SPCR 3.00 .... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................96

Group 5: International .....................................................................................................................................................................96International Committee (Group 5) ................................................................................................................................................96

ICR 1.00 ..Authority .96ICR 2.00 ..Organization .............................................................................................................................................................96ICR 3.00 ..Responsibility ..........................................................................................................................................................97

ISU Representative (Group 5) ........................................................................................................................................................98ISUR 1.00 ..... Authority ............................................................................................................................................................98

International Officials Committee (Group 5) ..................................................................................................................................99IOCR 2.00 .... Organization .......................................................................................................................................................99IOCR 3.00 .... Responsibility .....................................................................................................................................................99

Part Two: Rules of SportRules That Apply to All Competitions ..........................................................................................................................................101

1000 ...Competition Season .....................................................................................................................................................1011010 ...Geographic Divisions ..................................................................................................................................................1011020 ...Classification of Competitions .....................................................................................................................................1011030 ...Competition Records at U.S. Figure Skating headquarters .........................................................................................1021040 ...Authorized Systems of Judging ...................................................................................................................................1021050 ...Calculation of Results – 6.0 and IJS ............................................................................................................................1031060 ...Calculation of Results – 6.0 System ............................................................................................................................1031070 ...Calculation of Results – IJS .........................................................................................................................................1041100 ...Competition Sanctions – Generally .............................................................................................................................1071110 ...ISU Competitions ........................................................................................................................................................1071120 ...Competition Sanctions .................................................................................................................................................1071130 ...First Aid .......................................................................................................................................................................1081200 ...Duties of Event Officials .............................................................................................................................................1081210 ...Duties of the Chief Referee .........................................................................................................................................1081220 ...Duties of the Event Referee .........................................................................................................................................1091221 ...Duties of the Assistant Ice-Level Referee ...................................................................................................................1101230 ...Duties of the Chief Accountant ...................................................................................................................................1101235 ...Duties of the Accountants – IJS ................................................................................................................................... 1111240 ...Duties of a Judge ......................................................................................................................................................... 1111250 ...Duties of the Technical Controller – IJS ......................................................................................................................1121260 ...Duties of the Technical Specialist and Assistant Technical Specialist – IJS ...............................................................1121270 ...Duties of the Data Operator – IJS ................................................................................................................................1121280 ...Duties of the Video Replay Operator – IJS .................................................................................................................1121290 ...Duties of All Technical Panel Officials – IJS ..............................................................................................................1121300 ...Requirements of Skaters and Coaches – All Disciplines .............................................................................................1121310 ...Coaching Requirements – All Disciplines ...................................................................................................................1121320 ...Behavior of Competitors During Competitions – All Disciplines ...............................................................................113

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1400 ...Falls and Interruptions – All Disciplines .....................................................................................................................1131500 ...Complaints, Protests, Appeals – All Disciplines .........................................................................................................1161600 ...Release of Liability ......................................................................................................................................................116

Rules for Qualifying Competitions ...............................................................................................................................................1172000 ...Qualifying Competitions – Sanctions ..........................................................................................................................1172030 ...Standard Contracts for All U.S. Championships .........................................................................................................1172040 ...Qualifying Competitions – Expenses and Reports ......................................................................................................1182050 ...Qualifying Competitions – Events ..............................................................................................................................1182060 ...Qualifying Competitions – Announcements ................................................................................................................1192100 ...Qualifying Competitions – Officials ............................................................................................................................1202120 ...Qualifying Competitions – IJS Officials – All Skating Disciplines ............................................................................1202130 ...Qualifying Competitions – Selection of Officials .......................................................................................................1212134 ...Foreign/Guest Officials ................................................................................................................................................1242140 ...Information to be Provided to Officials .......................................................................................................................1242150 ...Reimbursement of Officials .........................................................................................................................................1242160 ...Trial Judges ..................................................................................................................................................................1242200 ...Qualifying Competitions – Eligibility and Membership .............................................................................................1242210 ...Eligibility and Membership Requirements – Singles, Pairs and Ice Dance ................................................................1242220 ...Eligibility and Membership Requirements – Synchronized Skating ...........................................................................1252230 ...Eligibility of U.S. Citizen Returning From Competing for Another ISU Member .....................................................1252240 ...Eligibility of Non-U.S. Citizens to Compete in U.S. Figure Skating Qualifying Competitions .................................1252300 ...Qualifying Competitions – Exhibitions .......................................................................................................................1262400 ...Qualifying Competitions – Entries ..............................................................................................................................1262410 ...Determining a Skater’s/Team’s Competitive Region ..................................................................................................1272420 ...Test Qualifications – Qualifying Competitions ...........................................................................................................1282430 ...Previous Winners – Qualifying Competitions .............................................................................................................1282440 ...Qualifying Competitions – Number of Competitors ...................................................................................................1292450 ...Reports from U.S. Figure Skating headquarters ..........................................................................................................1292460 ...Qualifying Rounds and Seeding – National Qualifying Series and Regional Singles Challenges .............................1292470 ...Qualifying for a Sectional Singles Final, U.S. Pairs Final and U.S. Ice Dance Final .................................................1302480 ...Alternates to the Sectional Singles Final and U.S. Pairs and Dance Final ..................................................................1312490 ...Qualifying for the National High Performance Development Team Camp ................................................................1312500 ...Qualifying for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships ..............................................................................................1322510 ...Byes to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships .........................................................................................................1332520 ...Alternates .....................................................................................................................................................................1332530 ...Titles ............................................................................................................................................................................1342540 ...U.S. Adult Figure Skating Championships and Adult Sectional Championships .......................................................1342550 ...Qualifying Rounds – Adult Championships ................................................................................................................1342660 ...U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships ..........................................................................................................1342670 ...Qualifying Rounds – U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships ........................................................................1342700 ...Warm-Ups, Draws and Starting Orders .......................................................................................................................1352710 ...Warm-Up Times and Group Sizes – Singles, Pairs and Ice Dance ............................................................................1352720 ...Draws for Initial Starting Orders – Singles, Pairs and Ice Dance ...............................................................................1362725 ...Draw for the Starting Order of Final Round after a Qualifying Round – Singles, Pairs and Ice Dance .....................1362730 ...Draws for Subsequent Starting Orders and Warm-Up Groups – Singles, Pairs and Ice Dance ..................................1372800 ...U.S. Synchronized and Synchronized Sectional Championships ................................................................................1392810 ...Synchronized Skating Qualifying Competitions – Entries ..........................................................................................1392815 ...Qualifying Competitions – Number of Competitors ...................................................................................................1392820 ...Rosters, Substitutes, Alternates and Crossover Skaters ...............................................................................................1392830 ...Qualifying for U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships .......................................................................................1402840 ...Byes – Synchronized Skating ......................................................................................................................................1402850 ...Qualifying Rounds and Seeding – Synchronized Skating ..........................................................................................1412852 ...Qualifying Round Chart - Sectional Synchronized Skating Championships ..............................................................1412900 ...Warm-Ups, Draws for Starting Orders, Resurface Groups and Practice Ice – Synchronized Skating ........................1422910 ...Warm-Up Time – Synchronized Skating .....................................................................................................................1422920 ...Draws for Starting Orders and Resurface Groups – Synchronized Skating Competitions .........................................1422930 ...Draws for Subsequent Starting Orders and Resurface Groups – Synchronized Skating ............................................1432940 ...Practice Ice – Synchronized Skating ...........................................................................................................................144

Rules for Nonqualifying Competitions .........................................................................................................................................145Including: Intercollegiate, Compete USA, Special, Club, Special Olympics, National Showcase, ............................................145National Theatre On Ice and State Games ....................................................................................................................................145

3000 ...Nonqualifying Competitions – Sanctions ....................................................................................................................1453010 ...Nonqualifying Competitions – Events ........................................................................................................................145

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3020 ...Nonqualifying Competitions – Announcements ..........................................................................................................1453030 ...Nonqualifying Competitions – Officials ......................................................................................................................1463040 ...Levels of Judges Required for Nonqualifying Competitions ......................................................................................1473041 (JR 6.00) .... Judges Required for Figure Events at Competitions ..................................................................................1473042 (JR 6.00) .... Judges Required for Singles Events at Competitions .................................................................................1483043 (JR 6.00) .... Judges Required for Pairs Events at Competitions ....................................................................................1483044 (JR 7.00) .... Judges Required for Partnered Dance Events at Competitions ..................................................................1493045 (JR 7.00) .... Judges Required for Solo Dance Events at Competitions ..........................................................................1503046 (JR 8.00) .... Judges Required for Synchronized Events at Competitions ......................................................................1513047 (JR 9.00) .... Judges Required for Showcase Events at Competitions ............................................................................1513048 (JR 10.00) .. Judges Required for Theatre On Ice Events at Competitions.....................................................................1513050 ...Nonqualifying Competitions – Entries ........................................................................................................................1523060 ...Nonqualifying Competitions – Eligibility to Compete ................................................................................................1523100 ...Rules for Compete USA Competitions ........................................................................................................................1533110 ...Compete USA Competitions – Approvals ...................................................................................................................1533120 ...Compete USA Competitions – Officials ......................................................................................................................1533130 ...Compete USA Competitions – Announcements ..........................................................................................................1533200 ...Rules for Special Competitions ...................................................................................................................................1533300 ...Rules for Club Competitions and Special Olympics ...................................................................................................1533310 ...Club Competitions – Officials .....................................................................................................................................1533400 ...Rules for Showcase Competitions ...............................................................................................................................1543500 ...Rules for Theatre On Ice Competitions .......................................................................................................................1543600 ...Rules for ISI Competitions ..........................................................................................................................................1543700 ...Rules for State Games Competitions ...........................................................................................................................1543710 (SGCR 4.00) ....State Games – Sanctions .......................................................................................................................1543720 (SGCR 5.00) ....State Games – Officials ........................................................................................................................1543730 (SGCR 6.00) ....State Games – Eligibility to Compete ..................................................................................................1543740 (SGCR 7.00) ....State Games – Conduct of Competitions ..............................................................................................1553750 (SGCR 8.00) ....State Games – Expenses and Reports ...................................................................................................155

Rules for Holding Test Sessions ...................................................................................................................................................1574000 ...Qualifications to Take Tests .........................................................................................................................................1574100 ...Procedure for Holding a Test Session ..........................................................................................................................1574200 ...Qualification to Apply for Test Credit from IJS Protocol ............................................................................................1584300 ...Coaching at Test Sessions ............................................................................................................................................1584400 ...Conduct and Release of Liability ................................................................................................................................1584500 ...Selection of Judges for Tests .......................................................................................................................................1594510 ...Selection and Duties of the Judge-In-Charge ..............................................................................................................1594520 ...Conduct of Test Judges ................................................................................................................................................1594530 ...Levels of Judges Required for Tests ............................................................................................................................1604532 ...Judges Required for Moves in the Field Tests .............................................................................................................1604533 ...Judges Required for Free Skate Tests ..........................................................................................................................1614534 ...Judges Required for Pair Tests.....................................................................................................................................1614535 ...Judges Required for Pattern Dance (PD) and Free Dance Tests..................................................................................1624600 ...Test Records .................................................................................................................................................................1634700 ...Test Registration Fees and Late Fees ...........................................................................................................................1644800 ...Test Emblems ...............................................................................................................................................................164

Computer Codes for Tests .............................................................................................................................................................165Computer Codes for Pattern Dance Tests .....................................................................................................................................166Technical Requirements – Moves in the Field ..............................................................................................................................167

5000 ...Moves in the Field Test Requirements ........................................................................................................................1675010 ...Classification of Moves in the Field Tests ...................................................................................................................1675020 ...General Requirements for Moves in the Field Tests....................................................................................................1685030 ...Marking of Moves in the Field Tests ...........................................................................................................................1685100 ...Test Expectations, Required Elements, Pass Totals, Approximate Times and Judging Panels for Standard Moves in the Field Tests .1705110 ..Test Expectations, Required Elements, Pass Totals, Approximate Times and Judging Panels for Adult Moves in the Field Tests ..1725120 ...Test Expectations, Required Elements, Pass Totals, Approximate Times and Judging Panels for Adaptive Skating Moves in the Field Tests 174

Technical Requirements – Singles ................................................................................................................................................1756000 ...Singles Rules ...............................................................................................................................................................1756001 ...Use of IJS .....................................................................................................................................................................1756010 ...Conduct of Singles Events ...........................................................................................................................................1756020 ...Singles Event Names ...................................................................................................................................................1756030 ...Clothing and Equipment – Singles ..............................................................................................................................1756040 ...Music – Singles ...........................................................................................................................................................175

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6050 ...Duration of Skating – Singles ......................................................................................................................................1756060 ...Composition of Singles Events ....................................................................................................................................1756070 ...Segment Descriptions ..................................................................................................................................................1766080 ...Short Program Description ..........................................................................................................................................1766090 ...Free Skate Description .................................................................................................................................................1766100 ...Singles Definitions, General Criteria and Basic Requirements ...................................................................................1766106 ...Illegal elements/movements ........................................................................................................................................1786200 ...Singles Free Skate Test Requirements .........................................................................................................................1786210 ...Classification of Free Skate Tests ................................................................................................................................1786220 ...General Requirements for Free Skate Tests .................................................................................................................1796230 ...Marking of Singles Free Skate Tests ...........................................................................................................................1796300 ...Test Expectations, Pass Totals and Judging Panels for Standard Free Skate Tests .....................................................1806310 ...Test Expectations, Pass Totals and Judging Panels for Adult Free Skate Tests ...........................................................1816320 ...Test Expectations, Required Elements, Duration and Judging Panels for Adaptive Skating Free Skate Tests ...........1826400 ...Singles Competition Requirements and Standard and Adult Free Skate Test Elements .............................................1846410 ...Senior Singles ..............................................................................................................................................................1846420 ...Junior Singles ..............................................................................................................................................................1866430 ...Novice Singles .............................................................................................................................................................1886440 ...Intermediate Singles ....................................................................................................................................................1906450 ...Juvenile Singles and Open Juvenile Singles ................................................................................................................1926460 ...Pre-Juvenile Singles ....................................................................................................................................................1946470 ...Preliminary Singles ......................................................................................................................................................1956480 ...Pre-Preliminary Singles ...............................................................................................................................................1966490 ...No Test Singles ............................................................................................................................................................1976500 ...Adult Singles Competition Requirements and Free Skate Test Elements ...................................................................1986510 ...Championship Masters Junior-Senior Singles and Masters Junior-Senior Singles .....................................................1986520 ...Championship Masters Intermediate-Novice Singles and Masters Intermediate-Novice Singles ..............................1996530 ...Championship Adult Gold and Adult Gold Singles .....................................................................................................2006540 ...Championship Adult Silver and Adult Silver Singles .................................................................................................2016550 ...Adult Bronze Singles ...................................................................................................................................................2026560 ...Adult Pre-Bronze Singles ............................................................................................................................................2036700 ...Dramatic Entertainment and Light Entertainment Events ...........................................................................................2046900 ...Marking of Singles – 6.0 and IJS ................................................................................................................................2046910 ...Marking of Singles – 6.0 System .................................................................................................................................2046913 ...Marking of Singles Short Programs – 6.0 System .......................................................................................................2046914 ...Marking of Singles Free Skate – 6.0 System ...............................................................................................................2056920 ...Marking of Singles – IJS .............................................................................................................................................2056921 ...Technical Score – Singles – IJS ...................................................................................................................................2056922 ...Illegal Elements/Movements .......................................................................................................................................2056923 ...Program Component Score – Singles – IJS .................................................................................................................206

List of Jumps .................................................................................................................................................................................207Technical Requirements – Pairs ....................................................................................................................................................209

7000 ...Pairs Rules ...................................................................................................................................................................2097001 ...Use of IJS .....................................................................................................................................................................2097010 ...Conduct of Pair Events ................................................................................................................................................2097020 ...Pair Definition ..............................................................................................................................................................2097030 ...Clothing and Equipment – Pairs ..................................................................................................................................2097040 ...Music – Pairs ...............................................................................................................................................................2097050 ...Duration of Skating – Pairs .........................................................................................................................................2097060 ...Composition of Pair Events .........................................................................................................................................2097070 ...Segment Descriptions ..................................................................................................................................................2107080 ...Short Program Description ..........................................................................................................................................2107090 ...Pair Free Skate Description .........................................................................................................................................2107100 ...Pairs Definitions, General Criteria and Basic Requirements .......................................................................................2107109 ...Illegal elements/movements ........................................................................................................................................2137200 ...Pair Test Requirements ................................................................................................................................................2137210 ...Classification of Pair Tests ...........................................................................................................................................2137220 ...General Requirements for Pair Tests ...........................................................................................................................2137230 ...Marking of Pair Tests ...................................................................................................................................................2147300 ...Test Expectations, Pass Totals and Judging Panels for Standard Pair Te