Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1983 

                        CHAPTER 341--H.F.No. 1224
           An act relating to occupations and professions; 
          regulating the period of time between professional 
          boxing contests, matches, or exhibitions; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 341.115; proposing 
          new law coded in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 341. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [341.045] [DEFINITION.] 
    For the purposes of this chapter, the terms "boxing and 
sparring" shall include full contact karate and kick boxing.  
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 341.115, is 
amended to read:  
    341.115 [PROFESSIONAL BOXING.] 
    Any contest, match or exhibition in which cash prizes of $5 
or more or other prizes worth $100 or more are offered to any 
boxer shall comply with all rules of the board of boxing 
governing professional boxing.  For purposes of this section, 
trophies, travel expenses and subsistence expenses shall not be 
considered prizes.  No boxer participating in these contests, 
matches, or exhibitions shall engage in consecutive contests 
with less than a seven more than 15 rounds of boxing in a 14-day 
interval period.  If the boxer loses due to a technical knockout 
or is knocked unconscious, he cannot fight for a 30-day period.  
No boxer shall participate in these contests, matches, or 
exhibitions unless the boxer has submitted an affidavit of 
physical fitness, subscribed and sworn to under oath, to the 
board and has been examined by a physician designated by the 
board.  The affidavit shall state:  (a) that the boxer has 
previously participated in ten amateur or professional matches 
sanctioned by the board of boxing or sanctioned by a board which 
regulates boxing in another jurisdiction; or (b) that the boxer 
has regularly trained for at least 90 days under the supervision 
of a second licensed by the board of boxing, or a second or 
trainer or the equivalent licensed in another jurisdiction.  The 
examination shall include, but not be limited to, an 
electroencephalogram, unless the boxer has submitted to the 
examining physician (a) the results of an electroencephalogram 
administered within one year of the contest, match or 
exhibition; and (b) an affidavit stating that the boxer has not 
been knocked unconscious in boxing competition since the last 
electroencephalogram was administered. affidavit must state that 
the boxer has regularly trained for at least 60 days under the 
supervision of a second licensed by the board of boxing or a 
second or trainer licensed in another jurisdiction or the 
equivalent.  The examination must include an 
electroencephalogram if the boxer has been knocked unconscious 
in boxing competition.  The examination must also include an eye 
examination designed to reveal any retinal defects or damage 
that could be aggravated by boxing.  The examination shall be 
performed at the expense of the promoter. 
     The board may order an electroencephalogram before any 
contest, match, or exhibition if it determines that the 
examination is necessary to protect the health of the boxer. 
The examination must be performed at the expense of the promoter.
    Approved June 14, 1983