SB-0988, As Passed Senate, April 22, 2004                                   

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 988

                                                                             A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled                                             

"Occupational code,"                                                        

by amending sections 805a, 806b, and 810 (MCL 339.805a, 339.806b,           

and 339.810), sections 805a and 810 as amended and section 806b             

as added by 1995 PA 217, and by adding section 806e.                        

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 805a.  (1) This article does not apply to boxing                       

2   elimination contests in which all of the following apply:                   

3       (a) The contestants compete for prizes only in elimination                  

4   contests and are not also professional boxers competing in 4 or             

5   more rounds of nonelimination boxing.                                       

6       (b) Each bout is scheduled to consist of 3 or fewer 1-minute                

7   rounds, with contests conducted on no more than 2 consecutive               

8   calendar days.                                                              

9       (c) Competing contestants are prohibited from boxing for more               

1   than 12 minutes on each contest day.                                        

2       (d) The contestants participating in the elimination contest                

3   are insured by the promoter for all medical and hospital expenses           

4   to be paid to the contestants to cover injuries sustained in the            

5   contest.                                                                    

6       (e) A licensed physician is in attendance at ringside and the               

7   physician has authority to stop the contest for medical reasons.            

8       (f) All contestants pass a physical examination given by a                  

9   licensed physician, a licensed physician's assistant, or a                  

10  certified nurse practitioner before the contest.                            

11      (g) A preliminary breath test is administered to each                       

12  contestant which indicates a blood alcohol content of .02% or               

13  less.                                                                       

14      (h) The promoter conducts the elimination contest in                        

15  compliance with the following:                                              

16                                                                               (i) A contestant who has lost by a technical knockout is not                        

17  permitted to compete again for a period of 30 calendar days or              

18  until the contestant has submitted to the promoter the results of           

19  a physical examination equivalent to that required of                       

20  professional boxers.                                                        

21      (ii) The ringside physician examines a contestant who has                    

22  been knocked out in an elimination contest or whose fight has               

23  been stopped by the referee because he or she received hard blows           

24  to the head that made him or her defenseless or incapable of                

25  continuing immediately after the knockout or stoppage.  The                 

26  ringside physician may recommend post-fight neurological                    

27  examinations, which may include computerized axial tomography               

1   (CAT) scans or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to be performed            

2   on the contestant immediately after the contestant leaves the               

3   location of the contest.  The promoter shall not permit the                 

4   contestant to compete until a physician has certified that the              

5   contestant is fit to compete.  If the physician recommended                 

6   further neurological examinations, the promoter shall not permit            

7   the contestant to compete until the promoter receives copies of             

8   examination reports demonstrating that the contestant is fit to             

9   compete.                                                                    

10      (iii) The promoter shall require that a contestant who has                   

11  sustained a severe injury or knockout in an elimination contest             

12  be examined by a physician.  The promoter shall not permit the              

13  contestant to compete until the physician has certified that the            

14  contestant has fully recovered.                                             

15      (iv) The promoter shall not permit a contestant to compete in                

16  an elimination contest for a period of not less than 60 days if             

17  he or she has been knocked out or has received excessive hard               

18  blows to the head that required the fight to be stopped.                    

19      (v) A contestant who has been knocked out twice in a period                 

20  of 3 months or who has had excessive head blows causing a fight             

21  to be stopped shall not be permitted by a promoter to participate           

22  in an elimination contest for a period of not less than 120 days            

23  from the second knockout or stoppage.                                       

24      (vi) A contestant who has been knocked out or had excessive                  

25  hard blows to the head causing a fight to be stopped 3 times                

26  consecutively in a period of 12 months shall not be permitted by            

27  a promoter to participate in an elimination contest for a period            

1   of 1 year from the third knockout.                                          

2       (vii) Before resuming competition after any of the periods of                

3   rest prescribed in subparagraphs (iv), (v), and (vi), a promoter              

4   shall require the contestant to produce a certification by a                

5   physician stating that the contestant is fit to take part in an             

6   elimination contest.                                                        

7       (2) As part of the physical examination given before the                    

8   contest, the licensed physician, licensed physician's assistant,            

9   certified nurse practitioner, or other trained person shall                 

10  administer a preliminary breath test in compliance with standards           

11  imposed in rules promulgated by the department of state police              

12  regarding equipment calibration and methods of administration.              

13      (3) The promoter shall keep a log of preliminary breath test                

14  results of contestants on file at its place of business for at              

15  least 3 years after the date of administration of the test.                 

16  These results shall be made available to law enforcement                    

17  officials upon request.                                                     

18      (4) An elimination contest held pursuant to this section is                 

19  not considered to be in violation of the law.                               

20      Sec. 806b.  (1) A person seeking a license under this                       

21  article as a judge or referee may be required to satisfactorily             

22  pass an examination acceptable to the board and the department.             

23      (2) A person seeking a license under this article as a judge,               

24  referee, or boxer shall pass a physical examination, which is               

25  performed by a licensed physician, a licensed physician's                   

26  assistant, or a certified nurse practitioner, acceptable to the             

27  board and present evidence of passage to the department.                    

1       (3) The department shall issue a license without an                         

2   examination to a person who is licensed under this article on               

3   the effective date of the amendatory act that added this                   

4   section December 1, 1995 upon application on a form provided by            

5   the department.                                                             

6   Sec. 806e.  This article does not require new or additional                 

7   third party reimbursement or worker's compensation benefits for             

8   services rendered.

9       Sec. 810.  (1) A professional boxing contest shall be of not                

10  more than 10 rounds in length, except a contest which involves a            

11  national or international championship may last not more than 20            

12  rounds in the determination of the department.  The contestants             

13  shall wear during a contest gloves weighing at least 6 ounces               

14  each.  Rounds shall be not longer than 3 minutes, with not less             

15  than 1-minute rest between rounds.                                          

16      (2) A contestant in a professional or amateur boxing contest                

17  shall be certified to be in proper physical condition by  an                

18  individual licensed as a physician a licensed physician,                   

19  licensed physician's assistant, or certified nurse practitioner

20  before participating in a boxing contest.