Section 37 Necessity of physician; duties; qualifications; fees; certificate of boxer's fitness - Massachusetts Statutes

[ Text of section effective until February 28, 2010. For text effective February 28, 2010, see below.]

  Section 37. At any boxing or sparring match or exhibition there shall be in attendance a duly licensed physician, whose duty it shall be to observe the physical condition of the boxers and advise the referee or judges with regard thereto. Any competent physician who has had not less than three years' experience as a medical practitioner may be licensed. No boxer shall be permitted to enter the ring unless, not more than three hours before, a physician licensed under the provisions of sections thirty-two to forty-seven, inclusive, shall certify in writing that the boxer is physically fit to engage in the proposed contest. The physician's fee, as fixed by the commission, shall be paid by the licensee conducting the match or exhibition.

Chapter 147: Section 37. Necessity of physician; duties; qualifications; fees; certificate of boxer's fitness

[ Text of section as amended by 2009, 169, Sec. 6 effective February 28, 2010. For text effective until February 28, 2010, see above.]

  Section 37. At any boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts or other unarmed combative sporting event, sparring match or exhibition there shall be in attendance at least 1 duly licensed physician, whose duty it shall be to observe the physical condition of the contestants and advise the referee or judges with regard thereto. A competent physician who has at least 3 years of experience as a medical practitioner may be licensed. No contestant shall be allowed to enter the ring unless a physician licensed under this section and section 35 certifies in writing that the contestant is physically fit to engage in the proposed contest. The physician's fee, as fixed by the commission, shall be paid by the licensee conducting the match or exhibition.