N.Y. Boxing, Sparring and Wrestling § 7-a — Regulation of judges

* § 7-a. Regulation of judges. 1. Judges for any contest under the jurisdiction of the commission shall be selected by the commission from a list of qualified licensed judges maintained by the commission.

2. Any boxer or manager may protest the assignment of a judge to a contest and the protesting boxer or manager may be heard by the commission or its designee if such protest is timely. If the protest is untimely it shall be summarily rejected.

3. Each person seeking to be licensed as a judge by the commission shall be required to submit to or provide proof of an eye examination and annually thereafter on the anniversary of the issuance of the license. Each person seeking to be a boxing judge in the state must be certified as having completed a training program as approved by the commission and shall have passed a written examination approved by the commission covering aspects of boxing including, but not limited to, the rules of the sport, the law of the state relating to the commission, and basic first aid. The commission shall establish continuing education programs to keep licensees current on areas of required knowledge.

4. Each person seeking a license to be a boxing judge in the state shall be required to fill out a financial questionnaire certifying under penalty of perjury full disclosure of the judge's financial situation on a questionnaire to be promulgated by the commission. Such questionnaire shall be in a form and manner approved by the commission and shall provide information as to areas of actual or potential conflict of interests as well as appearances of such conflicts, including financial responsibility. Within forty-eight hours of any match, each boxing judge shall file with the commission a financial disclosure statement in such form and manner as shall be acceptable to the commission.

5. Only a person licensed by the commission may judge a boxing contest within the state.

* NB Repealed September 1, 2016