§ 41-5-7 - License required for participants and officials in professional matches. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 41-5-7

   § 41-5-7  License required for participantsand officials in professional matches. – (a) No person shall act, except at a purely amateur match or exhibition,directly or indirectly, as physician, first aid instructor, referee, judge,timekeeper, professional boxer or as manager, trainer or second of a boxer, ata boxing or sparring match or exhibition unless licensed by the division ofracing and athletics. For the purposes of this chapter a "professional boxer"is defined as one who competes for a money prize or teaches or pursues orassists in the practice of boxing as a means of obtaining a livelihood orpecuniary gain.

   (b) In addition to the license requirements set forth in thepreceding paragraph the division of racing and athletics shall have theauthority to select referees for boxing, sparring, or exhibition matches.