(1) The Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission Medical Advisory Panel is hereby created and established as an agency of state government.
(2) (a) The panel shall consist of three (3) to five (5) physicians appointed by the secretary of the Public Protection Cabinet.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 229.260

  • Boxing: means a contest or exhibition in which a person delivers blows with the fist that may be reasonably expected to disable or inflict injury and in which boxers compete for money, a prize, or other pecuniary gain, or for which admission is charged to spectators. See Kentucky Statutes 229.011
  • Commission: means the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission. See Kentucky Statutes 229.011
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or club. See Kentucky Statutes 229.011
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Unarmed combat: means boxing, kickboxing, sparring, wrestling, mixed martial arts, or muay thai under the jurisdiction of the commission. See Kentucky Statutes 229.011
  • Wrestling: means an activity or performance of athletic and wrestling skill between individuals who are not under the jurisdiction of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, or USA Wrestling in which the participants struggle hand-to-hand primarily for the purpose of providing
    entertainment to spectators rather than conducting a bona fide athletic contest. See Kentucky Statutes 229.011

(b) At least one (1) of the panel members shall be a neurologist.
(c) In addition to the physicians appointed to the panel under this subsection, the licensed physician appointed to the commission by the Governor under KRS § 229.151 shall be an ex officio voting member of the panel and shall serve as the panel’s chairperson.
(3) Each physician shall be:
(a) Licensed to practice medicine in Kentucky; and
(b) Knowledgeable regarding one (1) or more medical fields related to the kinds and types of injuries or conditions likely to be the result of unarmed combat.
(4) Each member of the panel shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each meeting of the panel and for each day that the member is engaged in carrying out the duties of the panel.
(5) The panel shall advise the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission regarding:
(a) Health and safety issues and policy relating to the sports regulated by the commission;
(b) The fitness of an individual referred to the panel for review to compete in the regulated sports; and
(c) The length of a medical suspension of an injured person.
(6) Meetings of the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Medical Advisory Panel held for the purpose of discussing an individual’s fitness to obtain a license or to compete shall be exempt from the Kentucky Open Meetings Law established in KRS Chapter 61.
(7) Meetings of the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Medical Advisory Panel for the purpose of discussing individual fitness to obtain a license or to compete may be held in the form of written, video, telephonic, or electronic communications between members. The members shall not be compensated for these meetings.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec. 19, effective June 29, 2017. — Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 15, effective July 15, 2008.