Title 12 . Professional and Vocational Regulations

Chapter 6 . Big Game Guides and Transporters

Section 130. Responsibilities of the physician at ringside

12 AAC 06.130. Responsibilities of the physician at ringside

(a) A physician who has been licensed by the commission as an examining physician and designated by a commission member shall sit at the immediate ringside at every boxing contest. A contest may not proceed unless the physician is seated at ringside. The physician may not leave until after the decision in the final contest. The physician at ringside is entitled to receive a fee, paid by the promoter, for services at a contest. The physician shall be prepared to assist if a serious emergency arises, and shall render temporary or emergency treatment for cuts and minor injuries sustained by the contestants. No additional fee may be charged for this assistance or treatment.

(b) If a contestant appears to have been injured during the course of a round, the contestant's manager or second may not attempt to render aid before the physician at ringside has examined the contestant.

(c) In the event of a knockout or if a contestant is seriously injured, the referee shall immediately request the physician at ringside to check the contestant's condition and to render aid as necessary before the contestant is permitted to rise from the floor or leave the ring. The physician at ringside may enter the ring immediately if a contest ends in a knockout or if it is stopped because of an injury.

(d) The physician at ringside may enter the ring between rounds, and at the request of the referee during the round, for the purpose of examining an injured contestant. If, in the opinion of the physician, a contestant is in danger of further physical injury, the physician shall notify the referee to terminate the contest.

(e) In the event of serious injury, the physician at ringside shall immediately render treatment, and prescribe further treatment if necessary.

(f) A contestant who has sustained a severe injury or an actual knockout in a contest shall follow the instructions of the physician at ringside.

(g) If a contestant is knocked out, no person may touch the contestant, except to remove the mouthpiece, until the physician at ringside enters the ring, personally attends the fallen contestant, and issues any necessary instructions to the seconds.

(h) A contestant who has been knocked out will not be permitted to take part in competitive boxing or sparring for a period of at least four weeks. If a contestant is knocked out twice in a period of three months, he or she will not be permitted to compete for three months after the second knockout. If a contestant is knocked out three times consecutively in a period of 12 months, he or she will not be permitted to compete for a period of one year after the third knockout.

(i) Before resuming boxing after any of the periods of rest prescribed in (h) of this section, a contestant must be given a special examination by an examining physician and certified by that physician as fit to take part in competitive boxing.

(j) In addition the contestant submitting to the special examination described in (i) above, must also have an EEG or a CAT scan at the discretion of the examining physician.

History: Eff. 9/10/86, Register 99

Authority: AS 05.05.020 (b)

AS 05.10.010

AS 05.10.020