2012 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 89 - PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY (§§ 6301 - 6313)
Section 6304 - Safety standards
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 89 - PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY Sec. 6304 - Safety standards |
| Contains | section 6304 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 104-272, §5, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3310. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 110 Stat. 3310 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 104-272 |
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No person may arrange, promote, organize, produce, or fight in a professional boxing match without meeting each of the following requirements or an alternative requirement in effect under regulations of a boxing commission that provides equivalent protection of the health and safety of boxers:
(1) A physical examination of each boxer by a physician certifying whether or not the boxer is physically fit to safely compete, copies of which must be provided to the boxing commission.
(2) Except as otherwise expressly provided under regulation of a boxing commission promulgated subsequent to October 9, 1996, an ambulance or medical personnel with appropriate resuscitation equipment continuously present on site.
(3) A physician continuously present at ringside.
(4) Health insurance for each boxer to provide medical coverage for any injuries sustained in the match.
(Pub. L. 104–272, §5, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3310.)
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