Chapter 070

2012 -- S 2701

Enacted 05/14/12

A N A C T

RELATING TO SPORTS, RACING AND ATHLETICS - MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

Introduced By: Senators Goodwin, Jabour, and Miller

Date Introduced: March 01, 2012

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 41-5.2 of the General Laws entitled "Mixed Martial Arts" is hereby

amended by adding thereto the following sections:

41-5.2-28. Suspension or revocation of license. – Any license granted under this chapter

may be revoked or suspended by the division of racing and athletics for a violation of any of the

provisions of this chapter or of any other law of the state or of any rule or regulation adopted by

the division or whenever the licensee has, in the judgment of the division, been guilty of any act

or offense detrimental to the public interest.

41-5.2-29. Physical knockouts. – (a) Any contestant suffering a physical knockout

during a mixed martial arts match shall, at the request of his or her manager or the division of

racing and athletics, undergo a magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) or computerized tomography

(CT) test scan within twenty-four (24) hours of the request. Failure to comply with the request

within the prescribed time shall cause the contestant’s license to be revoked by operation of law

and shall render the contestant permanently ineligible for future licensing under this chapter.

(b) The license of any contestant suffering five (5) physical knockouts in any twelve (12)

month period shall be revoked by operation of law and the contestant shall be permanently

ineligible for future licensing as a contestant under this chapter.

(c) Every contestant suffering a physical knockout, at the discretion of the division of

racing and athletics, shall be ineligible to perform in a mixed martial arts match licensed under

this chapter until sixty (60) days have elapsed following the date of the knockout. The license of

every contestant shall be revoked by operation of law whenever he or she suffers a physical

knockout.

(d) Every contestant suffering a physical knockout during a mixed martial arts match

shall submit to an examination by the physician in attendance immediately following his or her

removal from the ring and shall within two (2) hours of the knockout submit to a complete

examination at a local hospital named by the physician in attendance.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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LC01251

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