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Florida Statute 548.017 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 548.017 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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548.017 Participants, managers, and other persons required to have licenses.—
(1) A participant, manager, trainer, second, referee, judge, physician, matchmaker, or promoter must be licensed before directly or indirectly acting in such capacity in connection with any match involving a participant. A physician approved by the commission must be licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or chapter 459, must maintain an unencumbered license in good standing, and must demonstrate satisfactory medical training or experience in boxing, or a combination of both, to the executive director before working as the ringside physician.
(2) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s. 5, ch. 88-365; s. 138, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 6, ch. 2002-172; s. 8, ch. 2014-128; s. 77, ch. 2020-160.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 548.017

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§548.017(1)PUBLIC ORDER CRIMESUNLIC PARTICIPANT MANAGERS OTHERS BOXING MATCHM · 2nd
§548.017PUBLIC ORDER CRIMESRENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9138M · 2nd

Cases Citing F.S. 548.017

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Scott v. Trevett, 751 So. 2d 616 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 15734, 1999 WL 1076784

...Their contract provided that Scott would embark on his professional boxing career with Trevett as his manager. The complaint requested the trial court declare that Scott had no obligation to Trevett under the contract because Trevett was not licensed as a boxing manager at the time the contract was executed, as required by section 548.017, 1 Florida Statutes (1991)....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1999).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

other officials pursuant to commission rules.6 Section 548.017, Florida Statutes, requires a "professional

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