Section 440-8.5 - Powers and duties of the commissionIn addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to provide for the following:
(1) An appropriate method of ensuring that all financial obligations are met by a promoter who conducts, holds, or gives a boxing contest;(2) A public record accounting for the distribution of all tickets provided to the commission by a promoter and anything else of value which is provided to the commission;(3) Clinics or seminars on health and safety for licensees, as deemed necessary by the commission;(4) A mandatory neurological examination for any boxer who is knocked out in a boxing contest, and an eye examination as part of a boxer's annual medical examination;(5) An automatic medical suspension from boxing for a period of time to be determined by the commission for any boxer who is knocked out from head blows or who has received a severe beating about the head. The period of time of the automatic medical suspension shall be based upon the severity of the beating received by the boxer;(6) Procedures to evaluate the professional records and physician's certification of each boxer participating in a professional boxing contest in the State and to deny authorization to a boxer to fight when the requirements of this paragraph are not met;(7) Procedures to ensure that no boxer is permitted to box while under suspension from any boxing commission due to: (A) A recent knockout or series of consecutive losses;(B) An injury, any required medical procedure, or a physician's denial of certification to box;(C) Failure of any drug test; or(D) The use of false aliases or falsifying or attempting to falsify official identification cards or documents relating to boxing;(8) Procedures to review a suspension if appealed by a boxer, including an opportunity for a boxer to present contradictory evidence;(9) Procedures to revoke a suspension if a boxer furnishes proof of sufficiently improved medical or physical condition or furnishes proof that the suspension was not, or is no longer, warranted by the facts; and(10) Establishing a boxing registry and the issuance of an identification card to boxers.L 1986, c 135, §5; am L 1987, c 126, §1; am L 1992, c 202, §48; am L 2004, c 135, §7 .