Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1370 - BOXING AND FULL-CONTACT MARTIAL ARTS ACT › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1370.190 - Disciplinary Action

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) All licensees
				may be disciplined for any violation of the Act or this Part.
b) The administration or use of any drugs,
				alcohol or stimulants, or injections in any part of the body or applied
				topically to any part of the body, either before or during a bout, to or by any
				contestant is prohibited. Any contestant violating this Section shall be
				subject to disqualification or other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as
				the Division may deem proper.
c)
				The Division or its designee may order the purse withheld from a contestant for
				failing to perform to the best of his or her ability. The contestant may
				request a hearing in writing within 15 days after the contest to determine the
				amount of the purse, if any, that will be transferred to the
				contestant
.
The purse shall be returned to the promoter 15 days
				after the contest if no hearing is requested. The hearing shall be held within
				30 days after the date the request is received by the Division. When a hearing
				is held, any amount of purse not awarded to the contestant shall be returned to
				the promoter.
d) If a licensed
				contestant or contestant that has fought in any event not approved by the
				Division then competes against an amateur contestant, he or she may be
				immediately suspended for a period of not more than one year.
e) A contestant who refuses to fight or fails
				to appear at the weigh-in or in the bout for which he or she signed a bout
				agreement shall be immediately suspended for not more than 6 months. The
				Division may terminate the suspension if the contestant is released from the
				bout agreement by mutual agreement between the contestant and the promoter. The
				promoter shall provide the Department notice of this agreement of release in
				writing.
f) If, prior to a bout, a
				contestant files a certificate from a physician stating that the contestant is
				unable to fulfill a bout agreement because of physical disability, the
				contestant shall be immediately placed on a medical suspension for 60 days and
				be reinstated from the suspension in the same manner as provided for in Section
				25.1 of the Act.
g) A promoter's
				license may be immediately suspended for failure to pay taxes as required by
				Section 13 of the Act. Any promoter whose license has been suspended shall not
				promote a contest until he or she has shown the Division proof that any
				outstanding taxes have been paid in full. A promoter's license may be subject
				to further discipline for late payment of taxes.
h) A promoter's license may be immediately
				suspended until payment of compensation is made to contestants and other
				participants. Any promoter whose license has been suspended pursuant to this
				subsection shall not promote a contest until he or she has satisfied any
				disciplinary requirements imposed by the Division. A promoter's license may be
				subject to further discipline for late payment of compensation.
i) The Division may immediately suspend the
				license of any licensee who misrepresents or falsifies information, data or
				documentation for application or other purposes. The Division may immediately
				report any action taken against a licensee to any keeper of records.
j) Any registrant who misrepresents or
				falsifies information, data or documentation for registration or other purposes
				shall void his or her registration. The Division may deny future registration
				or licensure to that registrant. The Division may immediately report the
				voiding or denial of that registration to any keeper of records.
k) A promoter, contestant, manager, second or
				representative of the contestant may not verbally harass, physically abuse,
				throw any object at, or make illicit gestures toward any person present at the
				venue, including, but not limited to, officials, inspectors or other Division
				representatives before, during or after any contest. Any promoter, contestant,
				manager, second or any representative of the contestant violating this Part may
				be immediately suspended or subject to any other disciplinary or
				non-disciplinary action the Division deems proper.
l) Throwing the mouthpiece into the audience
				during or after the contest may result in an immediate suspension or subject
				the offender to any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action the Division
				deems proper.
m) No contestant or
				promoter may play any type of entrance theme that includes music, video or any
				type of physical display that contains any profane, offensive or derogatory
				remarks. Anyone violating this subsection may be immediately suspended or
				subject to any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action the Division deems
				proper.
n) When a bout is cancelled
				because a contestant fails to make the required weight listed in his or her
				contestant/promoter contract, the contestant shall be subject to a fine not to
				exceed 25% of the purse amount and any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary
				action the Division deems proper. The contestant may request a hearing in
				writing within 15 days after the contest to appeal the suspension
.
The hearing shall be held within 30 days after the date the request for hearing
				is received by the Division.
o) In
				instances in which the Division immediately suspends or revokes a license, a
				hearing must be commenced within 30 days after the suspension and completed
				without appreciable delay. A license suspended pursuant to this Section may be
				subject to further discipline for violation of the Act and/or this
				Part.