Sec. 29-143t. (Formerly Sec. 21a-205). Boxers to be examined by physician. Costs.
Sec. 29-143t. (Formerly Sec. 21a-205). Boxers to be examined by physician.
Costs. (a) No person shall engage in any boxing match as a boxer until such person has
been examined and found to be physically fit by a competent physician approved by
the commissioner, licensed to practice under the laws of this state and in practice in this
state for at least two years. Such physician shall be appointed by the commissioner and
shall be in attendance throughout the boxing match for which such examination was
made. Such physician shall certify, in writing, that the contestant is physically fit to
engage in such boxing match. Any fee for such physician, as determined by the commissioner, shall be paid by the person or club, corporation or association conducting such
boxing match.
(b) The cost of any physical examination required by this chapter or regulations
adopted under this chapter, other than an examination required by subsection (a) of this
section, may be assessed by the commissioner on any boxer examined by a physician
appointed by the commissioner or on the person, club, corporation or association conducting the next boxing match in which the contestant is scheduled to compete.
(1949 Rev., S. 3516; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 36; February, 1965, P.A. 617, S. 6; 1972, P.A. 55, S. 6; P.A. 81-171, S. 1, 2;
P.A. 84-344, S. 9, 11; P.A. 85-157, S. 7, 9; 85-293, S. 6; 85-613, S. 58, 154; P.A. 98-117, S. 9; P.A. 99-194, S. 16; P.A.
07-217, S. 135.)
History: 1959 act substituted commissioner of consumer protection for athletic commissioner, that office having been
abolished; 1965 act deleted boxing from purview of section; 1972 act reinstated boxing in purview of section; P.A. 81-171 added Subsec. (b) allowing commissioner to assess costs of a physical examination required by this chapter but not
under Subsec. (a) on the athlete or on the person conducting the next match; Sec. 19-335 transferred to Sec. 21a-205 in
1983; P.A. 84-344 deleted reference to the commissioner of consumer protection and required that physicians who examine
boxers and wrestlers be approved by the boxing commissioner, effective March 1, 1985; P.A. 85-157 substituted "commissioner of consumer protection" for "commissioner", to reflect abolition of state boxing commissioner and made technical
changes; P.A. 85-293 removed references to wrestling bouts and, in conjunction with P.A. 85-613, restored language
inadvertently deleted through machine error; P.A. 98-117 made technical changes; P.A. 99-194 made technical and gender
neutral changes and replaced references to boxing exhibition with references to boxing match; Sec. 21a-205 transferred
to Sec. 29-143t in 2007; P.A. 07-217 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 12, 2007.