HARRY HUGHES, Governor

2389

CHAPTER 648
(Senate Bill 37)
AN ACT concerning

Boxing , or Sparring, and Wrestling - Urine Test

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a boxer or wrestler from entering
the ring unless the boxer or wrestler passes a certain urine
test; authorizing the State Athletic Commission to revoke a
boxer's or wrestler's license if the boxer or wrestler fails

a certain urine test; requiring the State Athletic

Commission to adopt certain regulations regarding a urine
test for a boxer or wrestler; clarifying language; and
generally relating to a urine test for a boxer or wrestler.

FOR the purpose of requiring a contestant in a boxing , or
sparring, or wrestling match or exhibition to submit to a
chemical test of the contestant's urine after the match or
exhibition for a certain purpose; requiring the State
Athletic Commission to adopt certain regulations; requiring
the Commission to revoke the license of a boxer or wrestler
under certain circumstances; requiring a boxer or wrestler

to forfeit specific compensation under certain

circumstances; providing for the disposition of certain
compensation forfeited under this Act; making technical
changes; and generally relating to requiring a certain
chemical test of a contestant's urine after a boxing , or
sparringy, or wrestling match or exhibition.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 56 - Licenses

Section 126

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 56 - Licenses

126.

(A) [No] A boxer or wrestler [shall be permitted
to] MAY not enter the ring unless [he has been] THE BOXER OR
WRESTLER :

(1) PASSES A URINE TEST THAT DETECTS DRUG ABUSE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION; AND

(2) IS declared in physical fitness by a competent
physician.