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Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation

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Mar 7, 2025

New bill relaxes physician requirements for boxing, wrestling events

The General Assembly passed a bill making it easier for a physician to serve ringside at certain sporting events, and extending the period a promoter has to declare any earnings. Before the bill passed, physicians who examine boxers, martial artists or wrestlers before they enter the ring must have held a medical license in Virginia […]

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