15 USC § 6304 - Safety standards

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title: "15 USC § 6304 - Safety standards"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "6304"
section_name: "Safety standards"
chapter_number: 89
chapter_name: "PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 104–272, § 5, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3310.)"
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# § 6304. Safety standards

No person may arrange, promote, organize, 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 October 9, 1996, 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 104–272, § 5, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3310.)

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