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Mandate 1444

Mandate Information
Mandate Title:
Boxing and wrestling events; license requirements for examining physicians.
Purpose of legislation
Provides that a physician examining a boxer, martial artist, or professional wrestler prior to such athlete entering the ring must have held a license to practice medicine for at least three years in any jurisdiction of the United States and must be currently licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth. Current law requires such physician to have been licensed in the Commonwealth for at least five years. The bill also requires a promoter to furnish to the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, within two weeks following the completion of an event, a report showing (i) the number of tickets sold, unsold, and given away; (ii) the amount of gross proceeds; and (iii) the total gross receipts received from distribution rights of such event.
Legislation mandating a change Chap 95 (2025)
Chap 111 (2025)
VAC chapters to be amended
18 vac 120 - 40 : Professional Boxing and Wrestling Event Regulations
Associated Regulatory Actions No regulatory action has been filed.
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