{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"18731","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 18731","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400. - 22949.92.2.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts [18600. - 18888.12.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 7. Regulation of Contests [18700. - 18748.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8/chapter-2/article-7"}],"history":"Repealed and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 370, Sec. 13.   (SB 309)   Effective January 1, 2014.","effective":"2014-01-01","html":"<p>(a) In addition to the other requirements of this chapter and regulations adopted thereunder, no referee or physician and surgeon shall be assigned to a boxing contest if he or she has not completed a clinic offered by a provider approved by the commission.</p><p>(b) A referee or physician and surgeon shall complete a clinic within the preceding six months of a boxing contest.</p><p>(c) The commission shall approve a clinic provider if the clinic includes, at a minimum, but is not limited to, the following topics related to a boxing contest: the subjects of the rules of the commission, the recognition and diagnosis of serious or life-threatening, boxing-related and neurological injuries and disorders, and refereeing a bout.</p><p>(d) The clinic provider may charge a referee or physician and surgeon participating in a clinic a fee in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of the clinic.</p><p>(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the commission from offering a clinic subject to the requirements of this section.</p>","text":"(a) In addition to the other requirements of this chapter and regulations adopted thereunder, no referee or physician and surgeon shall be assigned to a boxing contest if he or she has not completed a clinic offered by a provider approved by the commission. (b) A referee or physician and surgeon shall complete a clinic within the preceding six months of a boxing contest. (c) The commission shall approve a clinic provider if the clinic includes, at a minimum, but is not limited to, the following topics related to a boxing contest: the subjects of the rules of the commission, the recognition and diagnosis of serious or life-threatening, boxing-related and neurological injuries and disorders, and refereeing a bout. (d) The clinic provider may charge a referee or physician and surgeon participating in a clinic a fee in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of the clinic. (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the commission from offering a clinic subject to the requirements of this section.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/regulation-of-contests-18731","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}