N.Y. Boxing, Sparring and Wrestling Ch. 912/20 § 12: Standards for the issuance of licenses

* § 12. Standards for the issuance of licenses.

1. If in the judgment of the commission the financial responsibility,

experience, character and general fitness of an applicant, including in

the case of corporations its officers and stockholders, are such that

the participation of such applicant will be consistent with the public

interest, convenience or necessity and the safety of boxing and

wrestling participants and with the best interests of boxing or

wrestling generally and in conformity with the purposes of this act, the

commission may grant a license in accordance with the provisions herein

contained.

2. Any professional boxer applying for a license or renewal of a

license under this chapter shall undergo a comprehensive physical

examination including clinical neurological and neuropsychological

examinations by a physician approved by the commission. If, at the time

of such examination, there is any indication of brain injury, or for any

other reason the physician deems it appropriate, the boxer shall be

required to undergo further neurological and neuropsychological

examinations by a neurologist including, but not limited to, a computed

tomography or medically equivalent procedure. The commission shall not

issue a license to a boxer until such examinations are completed and

reviewed by the commission. The results of all such examinations herein

required shall become a part of the boxer's permanent medical record as

maintained by the commission. The costs of all such examinations called

for in this subdivision shall be assumed by the state if such

examinations are performed by a physician or neurologist approved by the

commission.

3. Any professional boxer licensed under this chapter shall, as a

condition of licensure, waive right of confidentiality of medical

records relating to treatment of any physical condition which relates to

his ability to fight. All medical reports submitted to, and all medical

records of the medical advisory board or the commission relative to the

physical examination or condition of boxers and wrestlers shall be

considered confidential, and shall be open to examination only to the

commissioner or its authorized representative, to the licensed boxer or

manager upon written application to examine said records, or upon the

order of a court of competent jurisdiction in an appropriate case.

4. All contracts calling for the services of a boxer in a boxing

contest and entered into by licensed promoting corporations, boxers or

managers as one or more of the parties in such contracts, including

those contracts which relate to the rights to distribute, televise or

otherwise transmit any boxing bout over the airwaves or by cable shall

be subject to the approval of the commission and copies thereof shall be

filed with the commission by such corporation, boxer or manager within

forty-eight hours after the execution of such contract and at least ten

business days prior to any bouts, or the first of any series of bouts,

to which they relate. The commission may waive such filing deadline for

good cause shown.

* NB Repealed September 1, 2016