{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-41-5-13.1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 41-5-13.1","heading":"Physical knockouts.","body":"(a) Any boxer suffering a physical knockout during a boxing or sparring match or exhibition licensed under § 41-5-1 shall, at the request of his or her manager or the division of gaming and athletics licensing, undergo a magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) or computerized tomography (CT) test scan within twenty-four (24) hours of the request. Failure to comply with the request within the prescribed time shall cause the boxer’s license under § 41-5-7 to be revoked by operation of law and shall render the boxer permanently ineligible for future licensing under § 41-5-7.\n(b) The license under § 41-5-7 of any boxer suffering five (5) physical knockouts in any twelve-month (12) period shall be revoked by operation of law and the boxer shall be permanently ineligible for future licensing under § 41-5-7.\n(c) Every boxer suffering a physical knockout, at the discretion of the division of gaming and athletics licensing, shall be ineligible to perform in a boxing or sparring match or exhibition licensed under § 41-5-1 until sixty (60) days have elapsed following the date of the knockout. The license under § 41-5-7 of every boxer shall be revoked by operation of law whenever he or she suffers a physical knockout.\n(d) Every boxer suffering a physical knockout during a boxing or sparring match or exhibition licensed under § 41-5-1 shall submit to an examination by the physician in attendance immediately following his or her removal from the ring and shall, within two (2) hours of the knockout, submit to a complete examination at a local hospital named by the physician in attendance.","path":["Title 41 Sports, Racing, and Athletics","Chapter 5 Boxing and Wrestling"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE41/41-5/41-5-13.1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:36Z","sha256":"cd0c333c5c8a2ffd0a965046a0e88b53fd51e053e85803db645340fc32d0da56","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-41-5-13","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-41-5-13.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}