Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 06 - Athletic Commission › Article 2 - Professional Boxing Contest Requirements › 12 AAC 06.130 - Responsibilities of the physician at ringside

Current through May 31, 2024
(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.
Authority:
AS
						05.05.020(b)
AS 05.10.010
AS
						05.10.020