FEDERAL · 15 U.S.C. · Chapter 89

Safety standards

15 U.S.C. § 6304
Title15Commerce and Trade
Chapter89 — PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY

This text of 15 U.S.C. § 6304 (Safety standards) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering United States primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
15 U.S.C. § 6304.

Text

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

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Source Credit

History

(Pub. L. 104–272, §5, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3310.)

Editorial Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
15 U.S.C. § 6304, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/usc/15/6304.