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SECTION 25
Examination by physician; cost
Boxing, Sparring and Wrestling Ch. 912/20 (BSW) CHAPTER ROOT
* § 25. Examination by physician; cost. 1. All boxers must be examined
by a physician designated by the commission before entering the ring and
each such physician shall immediately file with the commission a written
report of such examination. The cost of any such examination, as
prescribed by a schedule of fees established by the commission, shall be
paid by the corporation conducting the contest or exhibition to the
commission, which shall then pay the fee covering such cost to the
examining physician, in accordance with the rules of the commission.

2. Any professional boxer licensed under this chapter rendered
unconscious or suffering head trauma as determined by the attending
physician shall be immediately examined by the attending commission
physician and shall be required to undergo neurological and
neuropsychological examinations by a neurologist including but not
limited to a computed tomography or medically equivalent procedure. Any
boxer so injured shall not appear in any match or exhibition until
results of such examinations are reviewed by the commission. The results
of all such examinations herein required shall become a part of the
boxer's permanent medical record as maintained by the commission and
shall be used by the commission to determine whether a boxer shall be
permitted to appear in any future boxing match or exhibition. The costs
of all such examinations called for in this subdivision and subdivision
three shall be assumed by the state if such examinations are performed
by a physician approved by the commission.

3. The commission may at any time require a licensed boxer to undergo
a physical examination, including any neurological or neuropsychological
test or procedure.

* NB Repealed September 1, 2016