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- any player bleeding from a wound must leave the field of play.
He may not return until the referee is satisfied that the bleeding
has stopped. A player cannot wear clothing with blood on it.
- as soon as the referee has authorised the doctors to enter the
field, the player must leave the field, either on the stretcher
or on foot. If a player does not comply he is cautioned for unsporting
behaviour.
- an injured player may only return to the field of play after
the match has restarted.
- an injured player may only re-enter the field from the touch
line when the ball is in play. When the ball is out of play, the
injured player may re-enter from any of the boundary lines.
- the referee alone is authorised to allow an injured player to
re-enter the field, whether the ball is in play or not.
- if play has not otherwise been stopped for another reason, or
if an injury suffered by a player is not the result of a breach
of the Laws of the Game, the referee restarts play with a dropped
ball.
- the referee allows for the full amount of time lost through
injury to be played at the end of each period of play.
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