ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1212	By:	Kirby and McNiel of the House

				and

		Marlatt of the Senate

An Act relating to amusements and sports; requiring testing for participants in certain State Athletic Commission events; requiring tests be performed within certain time period; providing exception for certain report; allowing substitution of another tested participant; requiring agreement to waive certain requirements; authorizing license by certain written agreement; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Testing for participants in certain State Athletic Commission events

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 623 of Title 3A, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, prior to being issued a license pursuant to this act every participant applicant shall submit a certified copy of results from testing performed by a laboratory certified pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Part 493 verifying that the applicant is not infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the hepatitis B virus or the hepatitis C virus.  The testing shall be performed no more than three hundred sixty-five (365) days before the application is submitted.  A statement from a doctor of osteopathy or medical doctor indicating that the applicant has successfully completed a full course of vaccinations for hepatitis B may be submitted in lieu of the results of testing for hepatitis B.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, an applicant who receives positive results from any of the tests required by this section shall be denied a license for the particular contest. 

B.  If a participant must be replaced within twenty-four (24) hours of an event, a promoter may replace the participant that has been pulled with a new participant that has complied with the testing requirements found in subsection A of this section.

C.  Notwithstanding the requirement for testing stated in subsection A of this section, the participant and opponent, ring official, and ringside physician may agree, in writing, to waive the denial of licensure for failure to timely submit the required certified test results, and by such signed written agreement, the participant and opponent shall be granted a license to participate in their particular contest.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective January 1, 2012.

Passed the House of Representatives the 3rd day of May, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the 20th day of April, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate