Alabama Administrative Code › Title 165 - ALABAMA ATHLETIC COMMISSION › Chapter 165-X-3 - AMATEUR MIXED MARTIAL ARTS RULES › Section 165-X-3-.02 - Licenses

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 Forms. Applications for
			 annual license shall be submitted to the Commission on an application form
			 provided by the Commission.
(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-2-.03(a)
			 below, all participant applications must be submitted prior to the first match,
			 contest, or exhibition in which the applicant intends to participate in this
			 state.
1. No official weigh-in will be
			 performed for an unlicensed mixed martial artist unless deemed necessary by the
			 Chief Inspector supervising the event.
2. Licenses shall be issued annually and
			 shall expire on December 31 of each calendar year.
3. In addition to the participant's
			 application, each contestant shall complete an Amateur Bout Letter of Intent,
			 declaring they intend to compete for a certain promotion, at a defined weight,
			 against a specific opponent.
(e) Approval and Denial of Participant
			 Licenses. Annual licenses for referees, inspectors, physicians, judges,
			 timekeepers, matchmakers, mixed martial artist, 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 shall 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) Expiration Date.
			 Annual licenses are valid until December 31 of the calendar year in which they
			 are issued.
(i) Verbal or physical
			 abuse of official or commission appointed supervisor. Any licensee who verbally
			 or physically abuses an official or member of the Commission appointed
			 supervisor of a match, contest, or exhibition shall be summarily suspended and
			 his or her license may be revoked.
(j) Prohibited Communication with Individual
			 Commissioners. Anyone wishing to communicate with members 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.
1. Promoters,
			 referees, judges, timekeepers, matchmakers, mixed martial artists, 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 issue being actively reviewed or expected to be reviewed
			 by the Commission. Persons who violate this rule shall be subject to
			 disciplinary action.
(k)
			 Documents. All documents submitted to the Commission for the purposes of making
			 application or any other purpose shall be property of the Commission.