Current through September 24, 2024
(1) Except as provided in rule 0780-5-1-.05,
no person, firm, or corporation shall promote any bout, or participate in any
bout as a boxer, manager, second, referee, judge, or timekeeper without a valid
license issued by the Director.
(2)
Applications for licenses shall be submitted on the forms prescribed by the
Director. The applicant shall completely and truthfully respond to all
questions or requests for information propounded on, or in connection with, the
application. The Director may require any applicant to demonstrate his
competence by submission of references or successful completion of a written or
oral examination.
(a) Applicants for a
manager's license shall also provide the Director, through references, evidence
of boxing experience, or boxing industry experience as a manager. Applicants
may receive reciprocity upon a showing proof of licensure in another state,
provided that such state has licensing criteria equal to or greater than in
this state and affords reciprocity to licenses from this state.
(b) Managers, seconds, referees, and judges
shall submit to a written or oral examination administered by the Director.
This requirement shall not apply to anyone receiving a license prior to the
effective date of these rules, provided that such license is current and
remains current by renewal.
(c) A
boxer shall pass an oral examination by the ringside physician or the Director
on site and shall demonstrate experience by showing:
1. professional boxing experience;
2. amateur boxing experience of at least ten
(10) bouts which may include toughman contest experience acceptable to the
Director; or
3. training under an
established trainer/manager of a quality and for a length of time satisfactory
to the Director.
(d) The
Director may refuse to grant a license to anyone who has been suspended or
revoked in another state.
(3) Applications for new licenses or the
renewal of existing licenses shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee as
follows:
| Promoter | $100.00 |
| Boxer | $50.00 |
| Manager | $30.00 |
| Second | $20.00 |
| Referee | $80.00 |
| Judge | $30.00 |
| Timekeeper | $30.00 |
Such fee shall not be prorated for any portion of a year.
Every license shall expire two (2) years following the date of issuance.
(4) No license issued by the
Director under this chapter shall be transferable.
(5) In order to obtain a license or the
renewal of a license, all boxers must submit to a thorough medical examination
by a physician licensed to practice medicine in any state. The examination
shall include, but need not be limited to, a complete history of the applicant
and any or all of the following laboratory procedures at the discretion of such
physician: x-ray, skull x-ray, flat abdominal x-ray, electrocardiogram,
complete blood count including bleeding and coagulation time, urine and blood
screen for drugs, serological examination for syphilis, neurological and
psychiatric examination, and any other test or survey which might be indicated
by the past record or present condition of the applicant.
(6) No person shall be permitted to compete
in a bout unless he:
(a) is at least eighteen
(18) years of age; and
(b)
furnishes satisfactory identification (including photograph) to the
Director.
(7) Effective
July 1, 1983, no promoter's license shall be issued or renewed unless the
applicant presents:
(a) A good and sufficient
surety bond executed to the state of Tennessee in the amount of fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000.00), or
(b) An irrevocable Letter of Credit in the
amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) issued by a financial
institution authorized to conduct business in this state which shall provide
that the Director shall be permitted to draw against said Letter on behalf of
any boxer entitled to payment therefrom.
1.
Such bond or Letter of Credit shall be conditioned that the applicant will
perform all contractual obligations to boxers incurred in connection with the
promotion of any bout in this state and shall be in full force and effect
during the duration the license period.
2. Any boxer seeking compensation by reason
of a violation of the condition of any such bond may maintain an action in his
own name on the bond without assignment thereof.
3. Any boxer seeking compensation by reasons
of any claimed default in the terms and conditions of contractual obligations
shall submit same to the Director who shall determine the promoter's liability
for the purpose of drawing against a Letter of Credit.
4. In no event shall the aggregate liability
of the surety or financial institution in any license period exceed the sum of
the bond or Letter of Credit.
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 68-50-207(a)
and 68-115-207.
