29-143j-51

Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies


Sec. 29-143j-51. Medical advisory board

There shall be a medical advisory board consisting of six physicians, one chiropractor and one doctor of dental surgery, all duly licensed to practice in this state appointed by the commissioner. The Chairman will be designated by the commissioner. The medical advisory board shall prepare and submit to the commissioner for his approval standards for the physical examination of professional boxers, and the medical advisory board shall review the reports from hospitals and physicians in order to make recommendations to the commissioner based on such reports. The medical advisory board may select and appoint to its consulting staff specialists in their field of medicine whose expert opinion might be needed concerning serious injuries to boxers. Any physician licensed in the State of Connecticut for at least two years may be registered with the Medical Advisory Board as ringside physician at no charge and such registration shall be subject to Section 21a-196-36 (b) of these Regulations.

(Effective June 21, 1991; TransferredJuly 27, 2007)