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Statutes > Tennessee > Title-68 > Chapter-115 > Part-4 > 68-115-40368-115-403. Pre-contest physical examination Specified time.
(a) All professional combatants shall be required to submit to a pre-contest physical examination within forty-eight (48) hours of, or the day prior to, the scheduled start of the contest. A random urine drug screen to determine the use of banned or illegal substances may be required of a combatant, within the time specified in this chapter, prior to a contest.
(b) All physical examinations required pursuant to subsection (a) shall be performed by a ringside physician.
(c) A professional combatant shall be subject to additional blood testing for infectious diseases if more than ninety (90) days have elapsed since the combatant's license was issued.
[Acts 2008, ch. 1149, § 2.]
