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2002 SESSION

026201872
HOUSE BILL NO. 629
Offered January 9, 2002
Prefiled January 8, 2002
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-831.1, relating to the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; summary suspension of boxing license.
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Patron-- O'Brien
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Referred to Committee on General Laws
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-831.1 as follows:

§ 54.1-831.1. Summary suspension of boxing license.

When required in order to comply with applicable federal law, the Department may suspend the license of any person holding a license as a boxer on medical grounds without a hearing or informal fact-finding conference. Institution of a proceeding for a hearing or conference shall be provided simultaneously with the summary suspension. The hearing or conference shall be scheduled within a reasonable time of the date of the summary suspension. The suspension shall remain in effect only so long as the medical grounds therefor shall exist.