Sections
28 entriesSection 18700Requires every building or structure used or intended for a contest, match, or exhibition to be safe and comply with all building…Section 18701Requires every place holding a contest to post, in public view, a notice in both English and Spanish stating that throwing any…Section 18702Prohibits anyone under 18 from participating as a contestant in a professional contest, match, or exhibition. It allows a person of any…Section 18703Requires every admission ticket to a contest or exhibition to display clearly on its face the ticket's purchase price and prohibits selling…Section 18704Sets a minimum purse of $200 for each round fought by a professional fighter licensed under the chapter, subject to the commission’s…Section 18705Requires every promoter, at its own expense, to have at each contest a commission-approved licensed physician with at least three years of…Section 18705.5Requires the commission to adopt regulations specifying the criteria for approving a licensed physician under the referenced physician-approval provision. The statute assigns…Section 18706Requires a physician to examine each contestant by weigh-in, no more than 30 hours before the first event, and certify fitness in…Section 18707Allows a physician attending a contest or match under the referenced requirement to stop the event with the same authority conferred on…Section 18708Requires the onsite ambulance assigned to a contest, match, or exhibition to transport a professional or amateur fighter to a trauma center…Section 18710Allows the commission, in its discretion, to order any licensee to undergo a special medical examination and requires the examination report to…Section 18711Requires professional athletes and contestants to complete commission-required medical examinations for initial licensure and renewal, including neurological testing. Allows equivalent tests completed…Section 18712Requires professional boxer/martial-arts-fighter license/renewal applicants to submit negative HIV/HCV antibody and HBV antigen tests from a U.S. CLIA-certified laboratory within 30 days…Section 18714Allows the commission to convene licensed physicians and surgeons at times and places it considers appropriate to study and recommend medical and…Section 18720Limits boxing contests or matches to 12 rounds of no more than three minutes each, while allowing championship contests of up to…Section 18721Allows the commission, by rule, to specify how frequently boxers may participate in contests. The provision grants the commission authority to regulate…Section 18723Requires all gloves used in professional and amateur boxing contests or matches to be commission-approved and constructed so the thumb is not…Section 18724Requires every professional and amateur boxing contest or match to use a ring floor and padding meeting at least the stated specifications.…Section 18725Allows the commission, in addition to requirements otherwise imposed by the act, to set glove weights, equipment standards, safety standards, and round…Section 18728Requires the commission to establish, by rule, the weight spreads and weight classes applicable to contestants. The provision assigns that rulemaking duty…Section 18730Requires a referee to attend every boxing contest, direct and control each contest, and enforce the commission's rules at every boxing contest.…Section 18731Prohibits assigning a referee or physician to a boxing contest unless the person completed a commission-approved clinic within the preceding six months.…Section 18732Requires the referee, before a contest begins, to determine from each contestant the identity of the contestant's chief second and to hold…Section 18733Requires the referee to stop a boxing contest when one contestant shows marked superiority or is apparently outclassed. Either stated condition triggers…Section 18734Requires the commission to designate scoring officials for each contest. It allows the referee to render a decision at the end of…Section 18735Extends to commission-appointed referees and other boxing officials, while performing commission-required duties, the same rights and immunities granted to public employees under…Section 18738Requires loss of one point for each intentional rabbit punch or punch over the kidneys. The referee, or any two officials when…Section 18748Allows the commission to exempt championship contests from any chapter provision and authorize alternate provisions in recognition of the need for uniform…