* § 12. Standards for the issuance of licenses.

1. If in the judgment of the commission the financial responsibility,
experience, character and general fitness of an applicant, including in
the case of corporations its officers and stockholders, are such that
the participation of such applicant will be consistent with the public
interest, convenience or necessity and the safety of boxing and
wrestling participants and with the best interests of boxing or
wrestling generally and in conformity with the purposes of this act, the
commission may grant a license in accordance with the provisions herein
contained.

2. Any professional boxer applying for a license or renewal of a
license under this chapter shall undergo a comprehensive physical
examination including clinical neurological and neuropsychological
examinations by a physician approved by the commission. If, at the time
of such examination, there is any indication of brain injury, or for any
other reason the physician deems it appropriate, the boxer shall be
required to undergo further neurological and neuropsychological
examinations by a neurologist including, but not limited to, a computed
tomography or medically equivalent procedure. The commission shall not
issue a license to a boxer until such examinations are completed and
reviewed by the commission. The results of all such examinations herein
required shall become a part of the boxer's permanent medical record as
maintained by the commission. The costs of all such examinations called
for in this subdivision shall be assumed by the state if such
examinations are performed by a physician or neurologist approved by the
commission.

3. Any professional boxer licensed under this chapter shall, as a
condition of licensure, waive right of confidentiality of medical
records relating to treatment of any physical condition which relates to
his ability to fight. All medical reports submitted to, and all medical
records of the medical advisory board or the commission relative to the
physical examination or condition of boxers and wrestlers shall be
considered confidential, and shall be open to examination only to the
commissioner or its authorized representative, to the licensed boxer or
manager upon written application to examine said records, or upon the
order of a court of competent jurisdiction in an appropriate case.

4. All contracts calling for the services of a boxer in a boxing
contest and entered into by licensed promoting corporations, boxers or
managers as one or more of the parties in such contracts, including
those contracts which relate to the rights to distribute, televise or
otherwise transmit any boxing bout over the airwaves or by cable shall
be subject to the approval of the commission and copies thereof shall be
filed with the commission by such corporation, boxer or manager within
forty-eight hours after the execution of such contract and at least ten
business days prior to any bouts, or the first of any series of bouts,
to which they relate. The commission may waive such filing deadline for
good cause shown.

* NB Repealed September 1, 2016