(1) No person, firm, or corporation shall
promote any contest of unarmed combat, or participate in any contest of unarmed
combat as a promoter, matchmaker, combatant, manager, second, announcer,
referee, judge, ringside physician or timekeeper without a valid license issued
by the Commission.
(2) Applications
for licenses shall be submitted on forms prescribed by the Commission. The
applicant shall completely and truthfully respond to all questions or requests
for information propounded on, or in connection with, the application. The
license shall be denied if the applicant fails to respond to all questions or
to provide any requested information. The Commission, or the Commission's
administrator, may require any applicant to demonstrate his competence by
submission of references or successful completion of a written or oral
examination.
(3) Applications for
new licenses or the renewal of existing licenses shall be accompanied by a
nonrefundable
application fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) as well as a license
fee as stipulated below.
License fees are as follows:
Announcer $ 100.00
Promoter $ 500.00
Matchmaker $ 100.00
Boxer $ 25.00
Mixed Martial Artist $ 25.00
Kickboxer $ 25.00
Manager $ 100.00
Second $ 25.00
Referee $ 75.00
Judge $ 50.00
Timekeeper $ 50.00
If the license is applied for within twenty-four (24) hours of
the schedule start of the contest, the applicant shall pay a twenty-five dollar
($25.00) penalty in addition to the nonrefundable application fee for a total
of seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
Such fee shall not be prorated for any portion of a year. Every
license shall expire two (2) years following the date of issuance. No license
fee shall be charged for a Ringside Physician license.
(4) No license issued by the Commission under
this chapter shall be transferable.
(5) All combatants applying for a license, or
the renewal thereof, shall be required to submit, upon application, on a form
approved by the Commission, a report of a medical examination, including but
not limited to a dilated eye exam performed by a licensed optometrist or
ophthalmologist and a blood test for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV,
performed no earlier than ninety (90) days prior to applying for such license
or renewal thereof. Professional combatants who are thirty-five (35) years of
age or older shall have a neurological examination by a neurologist or
neurosurgeon and submit a medical report thereof within thirty (30) days of
applying for a license or renewal thereof. The Commission will not issue a
license until it has the opportunity to review the report.
(6) The Commission's administrator shall have
the authority to examine the combatant's record, experience, skill and physical
condition and may deny the issuance of a license if, in the administrator's
opinion, the combatant's record, experience, skill and physical condition
indicate the combatant is unqualified to participate in professional contests
of unarmed combat. The applicant may appeal the administrator's decision to
deny the issuance of a license to the Commission. Any such appeal will be heard
at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Commission.
(7) No
person shall be permitted to compete
in any
contest of unarmed combat unless the person:
(a) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
and
(b) Furnishes satisfactory
identification (including photograph) to the Commission.
(8) No promoter's license shall be issued or
renewed unless the applicant presents a good and sufficient surety bond
executed to the state of Tennessee in an amount no less than twenty-five
thousand dollars ($25,000.00.)
(9)
Conviction of a felony or a misdemeanor by any applicant for a promoter,
matchmaker, manager, judge or referee license or, in the event the applicant is
a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, the partner or any
party in responsible charge of the company, may disqualify the applicant from
licensure.
