Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0780 - Commerce and Insurance
Subtitle 0780-05 - Division of Regulatory Boards
Chapter 0780-05-01 - Professional Boxing
Section 0780-05-01-.26 - RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROMOTER

(1) It shall be the responsibility of the promoter of a bout to inform all prospective participants that it will be necessary for them to be duly licensed in accordance with rule 0780-5-1-.04(1). Prospective boxers should be particularly advised of the conditions for issuance of a temporary permit under rule 0780-5-1-.05.

(2) No promoter shall knowingly permit any person to act as a boxer, manager, second, referee, judge, or timekeeper in any bout if such person is (or would be) prohibited from acting in such capacity by any provision of this chapter.

(3) The promoter shall assure that the ringside physician required by T.C.A. §68-50-204 is seated so as to have immediate access to the ring.

(4) The promoter shall provide surgical gloves to all persons working in the ring. No promoter shall knowingly permit any person to act as a second (including a manager acting as a second) or referee in any bout unless such person is supplied with, and uses, such surgical gloves.

(5) No person may arrange, promote, organize, or produce a professional boxing match without providing health insurance for each boxer to provide medical coverage for any injuries sustained in the match. The minimum liability coverage shall not be less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).