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 110 STAT. 3310 PUBLIC LAW 104-272—OCT. 9, 1996 15 USC 6302. SEC. 3. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act are— (1) to improve and expand the system of safety precautions that protects the welfare of professional boxers; and (2) to assist State boxing commissions to provide proper oversight for the professional boxing industry in the United States. 15 USC 6303. SEC. 4. BOXING MATCHES IN STATES WITHOUT BOXING COMMISSIONS. No person may arrange, promote, organize, produce, or fight in a professional boxing match held in a State that does not have a boxing commission unless the match is supervised by a boxing commission from another State and subject to the most recent version of the recommended regulatory guidelines certified and published by the Association of Boxing Commissions as well as any additional relevant professional boxing regulations and requirements of such other State. 15 USC 6304. SEC. 5. SAFETY STANDARDS. No person may arrange, promote, orgsmize, produce, or fight in a professional boxing match without meeting each of the following requirements or an alternative requirement in effect under regulations of a boxing commission that provides equivalent protection of the health and safety of boxers: (1) A physical examination of each boxer by a physician certifying whether or not the boxer is physically fit to safely compete, copies of which must be provided to the boxing commission. (2) Except as otherwise expressly provided under regulation of a boxing commission promulgated subsequent to the enactment of this Act, an ambulance or medical personnel with appropriate resuscitation equipment continuously present on site. (3) A physician continuously present at ringside. (4) Health insurance for each boxer to provide medical coverage for any injuries sustained in the match. 15 USC 6305. SEC. 6. REGISTRATION. (a) REQUIREMENTS. —Each boxer shall register with— (1) the boxing commission of the State in which such boxer resides; or (2) in the case of a boxer who is a resident of a foreign country, or a State in which there is no boxing commission, the boxing commission of any State that has such a commission. (b) IDENTIFICATION CARD.— (1) ISSUANCE. —^A boxing commission shall issue to each professional boxer who registers in accordance with subsection (a), an identification card that contains each of the following: (A) A recent photograph of the boxer. (B) The social security number of the boxer (or, in the case of a foreign boxer, any similar citizen identification number or professional boxer number from the country of residence of the boxer). (C) A personal identification number assigned to the boxer by a boxing registry. (2) RENEWAL. —Each professional boxer shall renew his or her identification card at least once every 2 years.

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