Ch. 397                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article 56 - Licenses

Section 126

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

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

Article 56 - Licenses

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(a)  No boxer shall be permitted to enter the ring unless
the boxer is declared in physical fitness by a competent
physician.

(b)  (1) [After] EACH CONTESTANT IN a boxing or sparring
match or exhibition[, each contestant] shall submit to a chemical
test of the contestant's urine to detect the presence of a drug
or controlled dangerous substance, AS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 27, §
277 OF THE CODE.

(2) The Commission shall adopt regulations necessary

to implement the provisions of this subsection.

(c)   [If a boxer fails the urine test required in subsection
(b) of this section and the Commission provides] AFTER notice and
[a] AN OPPORTUNITY FOR hearing in accordance with Title 10 of the
State Government Article:

(1)  The Commission [shall] MAY SUSPEND OR revoke the
license of [the] A boxer WHO REFUSES TO SUBMIT TO A TEST OR WHOSE
URINE SAMPLE TESTS POSITIVE FOR THE PRESENCE OF A DRUG OR
CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE in accordance with the regulations
adopted by the Commission; and

(2)  The boxer shall forfeit the purse or other
compensation of the boxer from the match or exhibition.

(d)  The Commission shall transfer a purse or other
compensation forfeited and collected under this section to the
Comptroller of the Treasury for deposit in the General Fund of
the State.

(e) All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed, to the extent of such inconsistency, and if any
section or provision of this subtitle shall be declared to be
unconstitutional or unauthorized by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall affect only the section or
provision declared to be unconstitutional or unauthorized, and
not affect any other section of part of this subtitle.

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