Practical guidelines for match officials6. Treatment/assessment after a caution/sending-off·Page 238, 2026/27 edition
6. Treatment/assessment after a caution/sending-off
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In principle, the delay should not be any longer than currently occurs when a medical person(s) comes onto the field to assess an injury. The difference is that the point at which the referee used to require the medical person(s) and the player to leave is the point at which the medical staff leave but the player can remain.
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