2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 41 - Sports, Racing, and Athletics
CHAPTER 41-5 - Boxing and Wrestling
§ 41-5-13.1 - Physical knockouts.

SECTION 41-5-13.1

   § 41-5-13.1  Physical knockouts. – (a) Any boxer suffering a physical knockout during a boxing or sparring match or exhibition licensed under § 41-5-1 shall, at the request of his or her manager or the division of racing and athletics, undergo a magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) or computerized tomography (CT) test scan within twenty-four (24) hours of the request. Failure to comply with the request within the prescribed time shall cause the boxer's license under § 41-5-7 to be revoked by operation of law and shall render the boxer permanently ineligible for future licensing under § 41-5-7.

   (b) The license under § 41-5-7 of any boxer suffering five (5) physical knockouts in any twelve (12) month period shall be revoked by operation of law and the boxer shall be permanently ineligible for future licensing under § 41-5-7.

   (c) Every boxer suffering a physical knockout, at the discretion of the division of racing and athletics, shall be ineligible to perform in a boxing or sparring match or exhibition licensed under § 41-5-1 until sixty (60) days have elapsed following the date of the knockout. The license under § 41-5-7 of every boxer shall be revoked by operation of law whenever he or she suffers a physical knockout.

   (d) Every boxer suffering a physical knockout during a boxing or sparring match or exhibition licensed under § 41-5-1 shall submit to an examination by the physician in attendance immediately following his or her removal from the ring and shall within two (2) hours of the knockout submit to a complete examination at a local hospital named by the physician in attendance.