2016 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 89 - Professional Boxing Safety
Sec. 6304 - Safety standards
| 15 U.S.C. § 6304 (2016) |
| §6304. Safety standards |
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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. |
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(Pub. L. 104–272, §5, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3310.) |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective July 1, 1997, see section 23(2) of Pub. L. 104–272, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
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| Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 89 - PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY Sec. 6304 - Safety standards |
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| 110 Stat. 3310 |
| Public Law 104-272 |
