Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Professional Boxing Safety Enhancement Act of 2018”.
Professional Boxing Safety Enhancement Act of 2018
A BILL
To amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to provide additional safety standards for professional boxing.
Sec. 2 Additional safety standards
Section 5 of the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6304) is amended—
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “or an alternative requirement in effect under regulations of a boxing commission that provides equivalent protection of the health and safety of boxers”;
by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and
by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
“(2) A boxer must provide with the application for a license or for renewal of the license an original or certified copy of the results of medical tests which—
“(A) were performed by a laboratory during the calendar year for which the license is being issued or no earlier than 30 days before the date on which the application is submitted;
“(B) show that the boxer is not infected with the human immunodeficiency virus; and
“(C) show that the boxer is not infected with the hepatitis virus.
“(3) An ambulance continuously present on site.
“(4) Emergency medical personnel with appropriate resuscitation equipment continuously present on site.”