Alabama Administrative Code › Title 165 - ALABAMA ATHLETIC COMMISSION › Chapter 165-X-7 - AMATEUR KICKBOXING RULES › Section 165-X-7-.02 - License Fees

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Application Procedures.
(a) Terms
			 and Agreements. Every license issued is subject to the terms, conditions, and
			 agreements set forth in the application as well as those set forth in these
			 rules and the Alabama Boxing, Wrestling, and Mixed Martial Arts Act.
(b) Applications and Forms. Applications for
			 annual license shall be submitted to the Commission on an application form
			 provided by the Commission.
1. Licenses for
			 kickboxing are distinct and separate from those of boxing and mixed martial
			 arts. All persons applying to participate in the capacity of promoter, referee,
			 judge, timekeeper, matchmaker, kickboxer, managers, trainer, and/or second
			 shall make application for a kickboxing specific license. The license shall be
			 designated "MMA-Kickboxing AM."
(c) Incomplete Applications.
1. No license or permit shall be issued until
			 the person seeking the license or permit has submitted a complete
			 application.
2. Applications
			 submitted without proper payment as provided in these rules will not be
			 processed or approved.
(d) Participant Application Due Date. Except
			 as provided in
			 165-X-7-.02(a)
			 below, all participant applications must be submitted prior to the weigh-in
			 preceding the first amateur match in which the applicant intends to participate
			 in this state, in a given year.
1. No
			 official weigh-in will be performed for an unlicensed kickboxer.
2. Licenses shall be issued annually and
			 shall expire on December 31 of each calendar year.
(e) Approval and Denial of Participant
			 Licenses. Annual licenses for promoters, referees, judges, timekeepers,
			 matchmakers, kickboxers, managers, trainers, and seconds may be approved or
			 denied by the Commission.
1. Any individual
			 denied a license by the Commission can appeal the denial of the license to the
			 Commission. The appeal will be heard by the Commission at a hearing set by the
			 Commission. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Commission will vote to
			 sustain or overrule the denial.
(f) Background Investigation. The Commission
			 may request general background information of any applicant for any
			 license.
(g) Denial of License. The
			 Commission may deny issuing a license to any person who has violated the
			 Alabama Boxing, Wrestling, and Mixed Martial Arts Act, or has violated
			 Commission rules and regulations or violated Commission bylaws or who submits
			 an application containing false statements or material omissions.
(h) Verbal or physical abuse of officials or
			 commission supervisor(s). Any licensee who verbally or physically abuses an
			 official or member of the Commission appointed supervisor of a match shall be
			 summarily suspended and his or her license may be revoked.
(i) Prohibited Communication with Individual
			 Commissioners. Anyone wishing to communicate with member of the Commission must
			 notify the executive director of the Commission two (2) weeks prior to the next
			 regularly scheduled meeting. Timely written notices will be added to the
			 meeting's agenda. Any person wishing to address the Commission shall be given
			 the opportunity to do so during the new business section of the next regularly
			 scheduled Commission meeting.
(j)
			 License Differentiation. Persons wishing to compete in kickboxing matches,
			 bouts:
1. Promoters, referees, judges,
			 timekeepers, matchmakers, kickboxers, managers, trainers, seconds, or their
			 agents, are prohibited from petitioning any individual Commissioner with the
			 intent of affecting the outcome of an application or other issues being
			 actively reviewed or expected to be reviewed by the Commission. Persons who
			 violate this rule shall be subject to disciplinary actions.
(k) Documents. All documents submitted to the
			 Commission for purposes of making application or any other purpose shall be
			 property of the Commission.