95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2563


 
Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. John M. Sullivan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








    



225 ILCS 105/1
  from Ch. 111, par. 5001


225 ILCS 105/12
  from Ch. 111, par. 5012







    Amends the Professional Boxing Act. Includes  a person licensed to treat human ailments without the use of drugs and without operative surgery under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 in the definition of "physician".  Contains a nonacceleration clause. Effective June 1, 2008.
















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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Professional Boxing Act is amended  by 
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changing Sections 1 and 12 as follows:
 


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    (225 ILCS 105/1)  (from Ch. 111, par. 5001)


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    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 95-593)

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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)

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    Sec. 1. Short title and definitions. 

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    (a) This Act may be cited as the Professional Boxing Act.

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    (b) As used in this Act:


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        1. "Department" means the Department of Professional 
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    Regulation.


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        2. "Director" means the Director of Professional 
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    Regulation.


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        3. "Board" means the State Professional Boxing Board

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    appointed by the
Director.


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        4. "License" means the license issued for boxing 
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    promoters,
contestants, or officials
in accordance with 
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    this Act.


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        5. (Blank).


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        6. "Boxing Contests" include professional boxing 
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    matches
and exhibitions.


 


 






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        7. (Blank).


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        8. (Blank).


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        9. "Permit" means the authorization from the 
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    Department to a
promoter
to conduct professional boxing 
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    contests.


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        10. "Promoter" means a person who is licensed and
who

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    holds a permit to conduct professional boxing contests.


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        11. Unless the context indicates otherwise, "person" 
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    includes
an
association, partnership, corporation, 
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    gymnasium, or club.


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        12. (Blank).


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        13. "Ultimate fighting exhibition" has the meaning 
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    given by
rule adopted
by the Department in accordance with 
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    Section 7.5.


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        14. "Professional boxer" means a person licensed by the

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    Department who
competes for a
money prize, purse, or other 
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    type of compensation in a boxing contest,
exhibition, or 
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    match held in
Illinois.


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        15. "Judge" means a person licensed by the Department 
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    who is
at ringside
during a boxing
match and who has the 
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    responsibility of scoring the performance of the

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    participants in the contest.


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        16. "Referee" means a person licensed by the Department 
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    who
has the
general
supervision of
a boxing contest and is 
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    present inside of the ring during the contest.


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        17. "Amateur" means a person who has never received or

 


 






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    competed for any
purse or other
article of value, either 
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    for participating in any boxing contest or for the
expenses 
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    of training therefor,
other than a prize that does not 
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    exceed $50 in value.


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        18. "Contestant" means an individual who participates 
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    in a
boxing contest.


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        19. "Second" means a person licensed by the Department 
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    who is
present at any boxing
contest to provide assistance 
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    or advice to a boxer during the contest.


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        20. "Matchmaker" means a person licensed by the 
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    Department who
brings
together
professional boxers or 
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    procures matches or contests for professional
boxers.


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        21. "Manager" means a person licensed by the Department 
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    who is
not a
promoter and
who, under contract, agreement, 
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    or other arrangement with any boxer, undertakes
to, 
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    directly or
indirectly, control or administer the boxing 
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    affairs of boxers.


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        22. "Timekeeper" means a person licensed by the 
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    Department who
is the
official timer of
the length of 
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    rounds and the intervals between the rounds.


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        23. "Purse" means the financial guarantee or any other

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    remuneration for
which contestants
are participating in a 
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    boxing contest.


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        24. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice 
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    medicine
in all its
branches under the Medical Practice Act 
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    of 1987.

 


 






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(Source: P.A. 91-408, eff. 1-1-00; 92-499, eff. 1-1-02.)

 
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    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-593)

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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)

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    Sec. 1. Short title and definitions. 

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    (a) This Act may be cited as the Professional Boxing Act.

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    (b) As used in this Act:


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        1. "Department" means the Department of Financial and

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    Professional Regulation.


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        2. "Secretary" means the Secretary

of Financial and 
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    Professional Regulation.


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        3. "Board" means the State Professional Boxing Board

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    appointed by the
Secretary.


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        4. "License" means the license issued for
promoters,

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    contestants, or officials
in accordance with this Act.


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        5. (Blank).


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        6. "Contest" means a

professional boxing, martial art, 
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    or mixed martial art match or exhibition.


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        7. (Blank).


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        8. (Blank).


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        9. "Permit" means the authorization from the 
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    Department to a
promoter
to conduct
contests.


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        10. "Promoter" means a person who is licensed and
who

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    holds a permit to conduct contests.


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        11. Unless the context indicates otherwise, "person" 
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    includes
an
association, partnership, corporation, 
 


 






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    gymnasium, or club.


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        12. (Blank).


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        13. (Blank).


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        14. (Blank).


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        15. "Judge" means a person licensed by the Department 
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    who is
at ringside
during a
match and who has the 
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    responsibility of scoring the performance of the

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    participants in the contest.


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        16. "Referee" means a person licensed by the Department 
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    who
has the
general
supervision of
a contest and is present 
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    inside of the ring during the contest.


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        17. "Amateur" means a person who has never received or

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    competed for any
purse or other
article of value, either 
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    for participating in any contest or for the
expenses of 
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    training therefor,
other than a prize that does not exceed 
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    $50 in value.


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        18. "Contestant" means a person licensed by the

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    Department who
competes for a
money prize, purse, or other 
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    type of compensation in a contest,
exhibition, or match 
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    held in
Illinois.


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        19. "Second" means a person licensed by the Department 
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    who is
present at any
contest to provide assistance or 
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    advice to a contestant during the contest.


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        20. "Matchmaker" means a person licensed by the 
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    Department who
brings
together
contestants or procures 
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    matches or contests for contestants.


 


 






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        21. "Manager" means a person licensed by the Department 
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    who is
not a
promoter and
who, under contract, agreement, 
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    or other arrangement with any contestant, undertakes
to, 
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    directly or
indirectly, control or administer the affairs 
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    of contestants.


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        22. "Timekeeper" means a person licensed by the 
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    Department who
is the
official timer of
the length of 
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    rounds and the intervals between the rounds.


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        23. "Purse" means the financial guarantee or any other

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    remuneration for
which contestants
are participating in a 
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    contest.


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        24. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice 
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    medicine
in all its
branches or a person licensed to treat 
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    human ailments without the use of drugs and without 
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    operative surgery under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.

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        25. "Martial arts" means a discipline such as, but not 
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    limited to, Karate, Kung Fu, Jujitsu, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon 
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    Do, and Kick-boxing.
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        26. "Mixed martial arts" means the use of a combination 
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    of techniques from different disciplines of the martial 
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    arts, including without limitation grappling, kicking, and 
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    striking.

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(Source: P.A. 95-593, eff. 6-1-08.)


 


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    (225 ILCS 105/12)  (from Ch. 111, par. 5012)



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    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 95-593)

 


 






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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)

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    Sec. 12. Contests. Each boxing contestant shall be examined

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before entering the
ring and immediately after each contest by 
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a physician
licensed to practice
medicine in all of its 
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branches. The physician
shall determine, prior to
the contest, 
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if each contestant is physically fit to engage in the contest.

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After the contest the physician shall examine the contestant to

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determine
possible injury. If the contestant's physical 
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condition so indicates, the
physician shall recommend to the 
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Department immediate medical suspension.
The physician may, at 
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any time during the contest, stop the contest to
examine a 
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boxer, and terminate the contest when, in the physician's 
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opinion,
continuing the contest could result in serious injury 
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to the boxer.  The
physician shall certify to the condition of 
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the contestant in writing, over
his signature on blank forms 
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provided by the Department. Such reports shall
be submitted to 
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the Department in a timely manner. The physician shall be
paid 
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by the promoter a fee fixed by the Department. No boxing 
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contest shall
be held unless a physician licensed to practice 
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medicine in all of its branches
is in attendance.

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    No contest shall be allowed to begin unless
at least one 
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physician and 2 trained paramedics or 2 nurses who are trained

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to administer emergency medical care are present.

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    No contest shall be more than 12 rounds in length. The 
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rounds
shall not
be more than 3 minutes each with a one minute 
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interval between them, and
no boxer shall be allowed to 
 


 






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participate in more than 12 rounds
within
72 consecutive hours. 
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At each boxing contest there shall be a referee in
attendance 
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who shall direct and control the contest. The referee, before

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each contest, shall learn the name of the contestant's chief 
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second and
shall hold the chief second responsible for the 
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conduct of his assistant
during the progress of the contest.

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    There shall be 2 judges in attendance who shall render a 
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decision at the
end of each contest. The decision of the 
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judges, taken together with the decision
of the referee, is 
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final; or, 3 judges shall score the contest with the
referee 
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not scoring.  The method of scoring shall be set forth in rules.

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    Judges, referees, or timekeepers for contests shall be

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assigned by the Department. The Department or its 
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representative shall have
discretion to declare
a price, 
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remuneration,
or purse or any part of it belonging to the 
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contestant withheld if in the
judgment of the Department or its 
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representative the contestant
is not honestly competing.
The 
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Department shall have the authority to prevent a contest or 
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exhibition
from being held and shall have the authority to stop 
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a fight for noncompliance
with any part of this Act or rules or 
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when, in the judgment of the Department,
or its representative, 
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continuation of the event would endanger the health,
safety, 
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and welfare of the contestants or spectators. The Department's 
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authority to stop a fight contest or exhibition on the basis 
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that the fight would endanger the health, safety, and welfare 
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of the contestants or spectators shall extend to any fight 
 


 






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contest or exhibition, regardless of whether that fight contest 
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or exhibition is exempted from the prohibition in Section 6 of 
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this Act.


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(Source: P.A. 92-499, eff. 1-1-02; 93-978, eff. 8-20-04.)

 
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    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-593)

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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)

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    Sec. 12. Contests. Each contestant shall be examined
before 
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entering the
ring and immediately after each contest by a 
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physician
licensed to practice
medicine in all of its branches. 
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The physician
shall determine, prior to
the contest, if each 
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contestant is physically fit to engage in the contest.
After 
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the contest the physician shall examine the contestant to

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determine
possible injury. If the contestant's physical 
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condition so indicates, the
physician shall recommend to the 
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Department immediate medical suspension.
The physician may, at 
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any time during the contest, stop the contest to
examine a 
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contestant, and terminate the contest when, in the physician's 
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opinion,
continuing the contest could result in serious injury 
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to the contestant.  The
physician shall certify to the condition 
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of the contestant in writing, over
his signature on forms 
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provided by the Department. Such reports shall
be submitted to 
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the Department in a timely manner. The physician shall be
paid 
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by the promoter a fee fixed by the Department. No contest shall

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be held unless a physician licensed to practice medicine in all 
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of its branches
is in attendance.

 


 






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    No contest shall be allowed to begin unless
at least one 
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physician and 2 trained paramedics or 2 nurses who are trained

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to administer emergency medical care and at least one ambulance 
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dedicated solely for the care of contestants  are present.

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    No boxing contest shall be more than 12 rounds in length. 
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The rounds
shall not
be more than 3 minutes each with a one 
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minute interval between them, and
no boxing contestant boxer 
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shall be allowed to participate in more than 12 rounds
within

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72 consecutive hours. The number and length for all other 
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contests shall be established by rule. At each contest there 
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shall be a referee in
attendance who shall direct and control 
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the contest. The referee, before
each contest, shall learn the 
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name of the contestant's chief second and
shall hold the chief 
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second responsible for the conduct of his assistant
during the 
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progress of the contest.

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    There shall be 2 judges in attendance at all boxing 
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contests who shall render a decision at the
end of each 
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contest. The decision of the judges, taken together with the 
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decision
of the referee, is final; or, 3 judges shall score the 
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contest with the
referee not scoring.  The method of scoring 
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shall be set forth in rules. The number of judges required and 
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the manner of scoring for all other contests shall be set by 
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rule.

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    Judges, referees, or timekeepers for contests shall be

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assigned by the Department. The Department or its 
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representative shall have
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remuneration,
or purse or any part of it belonging to the 
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contestant withheld if in the
judgment of the Department or its 
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representative the contestant
is not honestly competing.
The 
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Department shall have the authority to prevent a contest
from 
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being held and shall have the authority to stop a contest for 
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noncompliance
with any part of this Act or rules or when, in 
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the judgment of the Department,
or its representative, 
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continuation of the event would endanger the health,
safety, 
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and welfare of the contestants or spectators. The Department's 
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authority to stop a contest on the basis that the contest would 
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endanger the health, safety, and welfare of the contestants or 
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spectators shall extend to any contest, regardless of whether 
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that contest is exempted from the prohibition in Section 6 of 
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this Act.


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(Source: P.A. 95-593, eff. 6-1-08.)

 
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    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes 
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changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text 
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that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section 
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represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does 
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not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes 
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made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other 
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Public Act.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.