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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="4-304.1" title_number="4" title_name="Athletics" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Boxing, Kick Boxing, Wrestling, and Mixed Martial Arts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each applicant for a license to participate as a contestant in a contest shall present documentary evidence, satisfactory to the Commission, that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>within the prior 90–day period, the applicant has been tested for the presence of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the antigen of virus hepatitis B; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>antibodies to virus hepatitis C; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the results of all tests are negative.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Whenever directed by the Commission, an individual who is licensed to participate as a contestant in a contest shall present documentary evidence, satisfactory to the Commission, that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>within 90 days prior to participating in a contest, the individual has been tested for the presence of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the antigen of virus hepatitis B; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>antibodies to virus hepatitis C; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the results of all tests are negative.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A test for the presence of HIV conducted under the provisions of this section shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Title 4, Subtitle 3 and § 18–336 of the Health – General Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Commission denies a license, suspends or revokes a license, denies renewal of a license, or does not allow an individual to participate in a contest because of the failure of the individual to comply with this section, the Commission shall keep the information confidential and may not disclose the reason for its action.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 for the first offense and not exceeding $5,000 for each subsequent conviction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
