TR 6.03 U.S. Figure Skating and its member clubs conducting tests undertake no responsibility for damages or injuries suffered by the candidates. As a condition of and in consideration of the acceptance of their applications, all candidates and their parents and/or guardians will be deemed to have agreed to assume all risks of injury to the candidate’s person and property resulting from, caused by or connected with the conduct and management of the tests, and to release any and all claims which they may have against any officials, U.S. Figure Skating, the club hosting the tests and their officers. Applications will be accepted only on the foregoing conditions.


TR 7.00 Officials TR 7.01 Applicable judges’ rules, especially the Standard of Conduct found in section JR 1.00, will apply to all tests. TR 7.02 Except as specified below, the judging panel for all tests will consist of three judges. A. Pre-preliminary and adult pre-bronze moves in the field tests may be judged by one moves in the field certified singles/ pairs test judge or dance test judge of any level.


B. Preliminary and adult bronze moves in the field tests may be judged by one moves in the field certified singles/pairs test judge or dance test judge of silver level or higher.


C. Pre-preliminary and adult pre-bronze free skate tests may be judged by one singles/pairs test judge of any level. D. Preliminary and adult bronze free skate tests and the adult bronze pair test may be judged by one singles/pairs test judge of silver level or higher


E. Preliminary partnered pattern dance tests may be judged by one dance test judge of any level. F. Pre-bronze and bronze (standard, adult and masters) partnered pattern dance tests; juvenile, intermediate and adult/masters pre-bronze and bronze partnered free dance tests may be judged by one judge who is a silver dance judge or higher.


G. Juvenile and intermediate solo free dance tests may be judged by one judge who is a silver dance judge or higher. H. All solo pattern dance track tests may be judged by one dance test judge of the appropriate level. I. See TR 11.03 for Special Olympics/Therapeutic Skating test rules.


TR 7.03 A judge-in-charge is to be chosen by the judges to assume charge of the conduct of the test. A. The judge-in-charge may be one of the three test judges or a relief judge qualified to judge the test. B. The designated judge-in-charge will decide whether the ice and arena conditions are suitable for conducting a test.


TR 7.04 None of the judges of a test nor the judge-in-charge may be a parent, spouse, close relative or skating partner of the candidate or of the candidate’s partner. A person will be considered a skating partner who, in the preceding 12 months, has entered any sanctioned competition as a partner of the candidate.


TR 7.05 Persons married or closely related to a coach may not act as a judge or judge-in-charge of any test in which a pupil of such coach is a candidate or a partner. A person will be considered a pupil for 12 months after the last day of receiving coaching. See also JR 4.06.


TR 7.06 Members of a judge’s immediate family may not serve on the same three judge panel. Exceptions would be permitted for the following reasons: sickness or travel delays/cancellations by a judge, or a schedule change.


TR 7.07 The selection of an unofficial judge by a club test chair will, in the case of tests, result in the test being invalid; however, the strict application of this rule may be modified with the concurrence of the chairs of the Judges and Tests Committees. See JR 4.02.


TR 7.08 Sufficient judges must be provided to permit normal lunch and dinner hours and bi-hourly 15-minute breaks. Judging time will be limited to eight hours per day per judge.


TR 7.09 For all tests, the test chair or duly authorized representative of the member club conducting the tests must select the judges from the current lists of qualified judges approved by the Judges Committee.


TR 7.10 The judge-in-charge, after consultation with the test chair of the host club, will be authorized to select a replacement judge if a judge who has commenced judging a test is unable to continue, provided another qualified judge is available.


TR 7.11 For the level and number of judges required for all tests, see specific test description/requirements at TR 25.00, 32.00, 39.00, 49.00, 54.00 and 64.00. See also JR 6.00 and 7.00.


TR 7.12 Judges must not review their marks jointly before the results are checked and made official. TR 7.13 Judges or prospective judges will apply in advance for permission to trial judge any test. Application will be made to the test chair or duly authorized representative of the member club conducting the tests.


TR 7.14 All authorized officials must submit their expense reimbursement requests within 14 days to the host club’s test chair in accordance with the current, approved U.S. Figure Skating Travel and Expense Policy, available online at usfigureskating. org. This expense may not exceed the limitations imposed by the current, approved U.S. Figure Skating Travel and Expense Policy. Reimbursement to authorized officials must be made as soon as possible but no later than 14 days following the submission of their expense forms.


TR 8.00 Records TR 8.01 The marks of all tests must be recorded on official U.S. Figure Skating test judging and trial judging forms. Such forms may be downloaded from usfigureskating.org or usfsaonline.org.


TR 8.02 The completion of test judging sheets will be carried out by each judge as soon as possible after a test is completed, and no results may be announced until the sheets have been verified by the test chair or duly authorized representative of the club hosting the test session and the results certified. The test judging sheets will be made available as soon as possible after the completion of a test for review by candidates, their parents and coaches.


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