N.Y. Boxing, Sparring and Wrestling Ch. 912/20 § 7-a: Regulation of judges

* § 7-a. Regulation of judges. 1. Judges for any contest under the

jurisdiction of the commission shall be selected by the commission from

a list of qualified licensed judges maintained by the commission.

2. Any boxer or manager may protest the assignment of a judge to a

contest and the protesting boxer or manager may be heard by the

commission or its designee if such protest is timely. If the protest is

untimely it shall be summarily rejected.

3. Each person seeking to be licensed as a judge by the commission

shall be required to submit to or provide proof of an eye examination

and annually thereafter on the anniversary of the issuance of the

license. Each person seeking to be a boxing judge in the state must be

certified as having completed a training program as approved by the

commission and shall have passed a written examination approved by the

commission covering aspects of boxing including, but not limited to, the

rules of the sport, the law of the state relating to the commission, and

basic first aid. The commission shall establish continuing education

programs to keep licensees current on areas of required knowledge.

4. Each person seeking a license to be a boxing judge in the state

shall be required to fill out a financial questionnaire certifying under

penalty of perjury full disclosure of the judge's financial situation on

a questionnaire to be promulgated by the commission. Such questionnaire

shall be in a form and manner approved by the commission and shall

provide information as to areas of actual or potential conflict of

interests as well as appearances of such conflicts, including financial

responsibility. Within forty-eight hours of any match, each boxing judge

shall file with the commission a financial disclosure statement in such

form and manner as shall be acceptable to the commission.

5. Only a person licensed by the commission may judge a boxing contest

within the state.

* NB Repealed September 1, 2016