In order to be licensed as a contestant in a toughman contest or off the street boxing, an applicant:

(1) shall be between the ages of 18 and 35;

(2) must not be now or have ever been licensed in any state or jurisdiction as a professional boxer. The promoter shall provide to the commission the Association of Boxing Commission's approved registry of fight records on all participants that indicate they are not nor have they ever been licensed in any state or jurisdiction as a professional boxer;

(3) shall submit a completed application with payment of the prescribed fee;

(4) shall submit documentation, on a commission-approved form, that the applicant has undergone a comprehensive medical examination by a licensed physician subsequent to his last toughman or off the street boxing match and not more than fifteen days before an event or exhibition in this State in which he plans or proposes to participate or compete. The examining physician shall indicate on the approved form that the applicant is physically able to participate or compete. The comprehensive physical examination must include a clinical, neurological, neurophysiological examination that may include, but is not limited to, an EEG, EKG, and CAT scan by a licensed physician;

(5) involved in off the street boxing tournaments shall be required to undergo an ophthalmology examination if he or she indicates on the application he or she has been knocked out in the last twelve months.

HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 28, Section 1.