A. There is created the "medical advisory board" to assist the commission. B. The board shall consist of three members to be appointed by the commission. Each member of the board shall be licensed to practice medicine in this state and shall have had at the time of appointment at least five years' experience in the practice of the member's profession. Members of the board shall serve without compensation. C. The board shall: (1) prepare and submit to the commission for its approval standards for the physical and mental examination of professional boxers, professional kickboxers, professional martial artists, professional mixed martial artists or sports entertainment wrestlers that shall safeguard their health; provided no standard shall become effective until approved by the commission; (2) recommend to the commission for licensing purposes physicians who are qualified to make examinations of professional boxers, professional kickboxers, professional martial artists, professional mixed martial artists or sports entertainment wrestlers; and (3) upon request of the commission, advise the commission as to the physical and mental fitness of any individual professional boxer, professional kickboxer, professional martial artist, professional mixed martial artist or sports entertainment wrestler. History: Laws 1980, ch. 90, § 7; 2024, ch. 30, § 2. Delayed repeal. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 60-2A-30 NMSA 1978. The 2024 amendment, effective May 15, 2024, expanded the duties of the medical advisory board in assisting the New Mexico athletic commission in safeguarding the health of professional kickboxers, professional martial artists, professional mixed martial artists and sports entertainment wrestlers; and after "professional boxers" deleted "and professional wrestlers which" and added "professional kickboxers, professional martial artists, professional mixed martial artists or sports entertainment wrestlers that", throughout the section.
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