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Public Act 093-0978
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LRB093 15880 RCE 41497 b |
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AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Professional Boxing Act is amended by |
changing Sections 6 and 12 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 105/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 5006)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
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Sec. 6. Prohibitions. All boxing matches, contests, or |
exhibits in which
physical contact is made including, but not |
limited to, "ultimate fighting
exhibitions", are prohibited in |
Illinois unless authorized by the Department.
This provision |
does not apply to the following:
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(1) Boxing contests or wrestling exhibitions conducted |
by accredited
secondary schools, colleges or universities, |
although a fee may be charged.
Institutions organized to |
furnish instruction in athletics are not included in
this |
exemption.
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(2) Amateur boxing matches sanctioned by the United |
States Amateur Boxing
Federation, Inc. or Golden Gloves of |
America, amateur wrestling exhibitions,
and amateur or |
professional martial arts or kick boxing.
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The Department shall have the authority to determine |
whether a contest or exhibition is an exempt martial arts or |
kick boxing event for purposes of this Section. In determining |
whether a contest or exhibition is an exempt martial arts or |
kick boxing event the Department shall consider, but not be |
limited to, the following factors: |
(i) whether the event is sanctioned by a body |
independent of the promoters of the contest or exhibition; |
(ii) whether the sanctioning body is exclusively or |
primarily dedicated to advancing the sport of kick boxing |
or martial arts; |
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(iii) whether the sanctioning body limits |
participation in its events to its registered members; |
(iv) whether the sanctioning body has a record of |
enforcing the rules governing a contest or exhibition; |
(v) the record for safety of the sanctioning body; |
(vi) the record for safety of the promoters of the |
contest or exhibition; |
(vii) whether the promoter of the contest or exhibition |
has a record of enforcing and abiding by the rules |
governing a contest or exhibition; and |
(viii) whether the rules for the contest or exhibition |
provide substantially similar protections for the health, |
safety and welfare of the contestants and spectators as |
this Act and its rules.
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(Source: P.A. 91-408, eff. 1-1-00.)
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(225 ILCS 105/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 5012)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
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Sec. 12. Contests
Boxing contests. Each boxing contestant |
shall be examined
before entering the
ring and immediately |
after each contest by a physician
licensed to practice
medicine |
in all of its branches. The physician
shall determine, prior to
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the contest, if each contestant is physically fit to engage in |
the contest.
After the contest the physician shall examine the |
contestant to
determine
possible injury. If the contestant's |
physical condition so indicates, the
physician shall recommend |
to the Department immediate medical suspension.
The physician |
may, at any time during the contest, stop the contest to
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examine a boxer, and terminate the contest when, in the |
physician's opinion,
continuing the contest could result in |
serious injury to the boxer. The
physician shall certify to the |
condition of the contestant in writing, over
his signature on |
blank forms provided by the Department. Such reports shall
be |
submitted to the Department in a timely manner. The physician |
shall be
paid by the promoter a fee fixed by the Department. No |
boxing contest shall
be held unless a physician licensed to |
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practice medicine in all of its branches
is in attendance.
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No contest shall be allowed to begin unless
at least one |
physician and 2 trained paramedics or 2 nurses who are trained
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to administer emergency medical care are present.
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No contest shall be more than 12 rounds in length. The |
rounds
shall not
be more than 3 minutes each with a one minute |
interval between them, and
no boxer shall be allowed to |
participate in more than 12 rounds
within
72 consecutive hours. |
At each boxing contest there shall be a referee in
attendance |
who shall direct and control the contest. The referee, before
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each contest, shall learn the name of the contestant's chief |
second and
shall hold the chief second responsible for the |
conduct of his assistant
during the progress of the contest.
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There shall be 2 judges in attendance who shall render a |
decision at the
end of each contest. The decision of the |
judges, taken together with the decision
of the referee, is |
final; or, 3 judges shall score the contest with the
referee |
not scoring. The method of scoring shall be set forth in rules.
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Judges, referees, or timekeepers for contests shall be
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assigned by the Department. The Department or its |
representative shall have
discretion to declare
a price, |
remuneration,
or purse or any part of it belonging to the |
contestant withheld if in the
judgment of the Department or its |
representative the contestant
is not honestly competing.
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Department shall have the authority to prevent a contest or |
exhibition
from being held and shall have the authority to stop |
a fight for noncompliance
with any part of this Act or rules or |
when, in the judgment of the Department,
or its representative, |
continuation of the event would endanger the health,
safety, |
and welfare of the contestants or spectators. The Department's |
authority to stop a fight contest or exhibition on the basis |
that the fight would endanger the health, safety, and welfare |
of the contestants or spectators shall extend to any fight |
contest or exhibition, regardless of whether that fight contest |
or exhibition is exempted from the prohibition in Section 6 of |
this Act.
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