Utah Admin. Code R457-1-607 - Boxing - Procedure After Knockout or Contestant Sustaining Damaging Head Blows
(1) A contestant
who has lost by a technical knockout may not fight again for a period of 30
calendar days or until the contestant has submitted to a medical examination.
The Commission may require such physical exams as necessary.
(2) A ringside physician shall examine a
contestant who has been knocked out in a contest or a contestant whose fight
has been stopped by the referee because the contestant received hard blows to
the head that made the contestant defenseless or incapable of continuing
immediately after the knockout or stoppage. The ringside physician may order
post-fight neurological examinations, which may include computerized axial
tomography (CAT) scans or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed on the
contestant immediately after the contestant leaves the location of the contest.
The ringside physician shall forward all post-fight neurological examination
results to the Commission as soon as possible.
(3) The ringside physician shall submit a
report that records the amount of punishment a fighter absorbed to the
Commission within 24 hours of the end of the fight.
(4) A ringside physician may require any
contestant who has sustained a severe injury or knockout in a bout to have a
thorough examination by a physician within 24 hours of the bout. The physician
shall submit the physician's findings to the Commission. Upon the physician's
recommendation, the Commission may prohibit the contestant from boxing until
the contestant recovers and may extend any such suspension imposed.
(5) All medical reports that are submitted to
the Commission relative to a physical examination or the condition of a
contestant shall be confidential and shall be open for examination only by the
Commission and the licensed contestant upon the contestant's request to examine
the records or upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(6)
(a) A
contestant who has been knocked out or who received excessive hard blows to the
head that made the contestant defenseless or incapable of continuing may not be
permitted to take part in competitive or noncompetitive boxing for a period of
not less than 60 days. Noncompetitive boxing shall include any contact training
in the gymnasium.
(b) The
contestant's manager and seconds have the responsibility to assure that the
contestant complies with the rule in this subsection.
(c) Violation of this rule could result in
the indefinite suspension of the contestant and the contestant's manager or
second.
(7) A contestant
may not resume boxing after any period of rest prescribed in Subsections
R457-1-613(1) and (6), unless following a neurological examination, a physician
certifies the contestant as fit to take part in competitive boxing. Failure to
secure and return to the Commission, a certified examination clearing the
contestant as fit to compete, by a physician before resuming boxing, shall
result in an automatic suspension.
(8) A contestant who has lost six consecutive
fights cannot compete again until the Commission has reviewed the results of
the six fights or the contestant has submitted to a medical examination by a
physician.
(9) A contestant who has
suffered a detached retina shall result in an automatic suspension. The
Commission may not reinstate the contestant until the contestant submits a
medical certified examination by an ophthalmologist clearing the contestant fit
to compete.
(10) A contestant who
is prohibited from boxing in other states or jurisdictions due to medical
reasons shall be prohibited from boxing in accordance with this rule. The
Commission shall consider the contestant's entire professional record
regardless of the state or country in which the contestant's fights
occurred.
(11) A contestant or the
contestant's manager shall report any change in the contestant's medical
condition that may affect the contestant's ability to fight safely.
(12) The Commission may, at any time, require
current medical information on any contestant.
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