Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2040 - Office of Athletics › Chapter 4 - Licensees and Their Responsibilities › Section 20 CSR 2040-4.015 - Promoters

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment adds language regarding
				  access to national databases.
(1) No person, association, partnership,
				corporation, limited liability company, or any other form of business entity
				may promote any professional boxing, professional wrestling, professional or
				amateur kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts, or professional
				full-contact karate contest without obtaining a license from the Office of
				Athletics. Licensees shall not allow another to use their promoter's license.
				Promoters shall supervise their employees and may be liable for the conduct of
				those employees and for any violation of Chapter 317, RSMo or the rules adopted
				thereunder. The office shall deem any violations by an employee or
				representative of a promoter as a violation of the promoter.
(2) Before the office issues a promoter's
				license, the promoter shall provide the office a surety bond in the amount of
				twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or an irrevocable letter of credit in
				the amount of at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) from a lending
				institution approved to do business in the United States to guarantee payment
				of all state athletic taxes and fees to the state as well as all expenses of
				the contestants and officials in the event of default by the promoter. The
				irrevocable letter of credit may only be released upon written approval by the
				office. An additional bond or irrevocable letter of credit may be required in
				the amount specified by the office where it may be reasonably expected that the
				twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) bond or irrevocable letter of credit
				will not provide sufficient protection to the state. It is the duty of each
				promoter to maintain all required bonds on a current status.
(3) The promoter shall apply for a permit for
				each contest. The application for permit and appropriate fee should be received
				by the office not later than ten (10) business days before the date of the
				contest for which the permit is being sought.
(4) Promoters may be liable for all contests
				held and for meeting all deadlines for permit and license applications. Within
				ten (10) business days after a contest the promoter shall pay the state
				athletic tax to the office.
(5)
				Promoters shall be responsible for ensuring the maintenance of adequate public
				safety at all contests. Failure to ensure adequate public safety may result in
				cancellation of a contest, discipline against a promoter's license and denial
				of future permits for contests.
(6)
				Promoters shall provide all materials necessary to conduct the contests, such
				as ring, stools, water buckets, bell, buzzer or whistle, timer, gloves, gauze,
				tape for hand wraps, and adequate scales.
(7) Promoters shall publicly announce all
				substitutions for contestants advertised for contests as soon as the
				substitutions are known.
(8) For
				adequate public safety, the promoter is responsible for ensuring that no
				bottled drinks, unless poured into disposable cups by vendors at the time of
				sale, are permitted in any hall or facility where any contest is being held. If
				the contest is staged out-of-doors disposable cups also may be used on the site
				of the contest.
(9) Promoters and
				all licensed individuals and organizations associated with the contests should
				have knowledge of the applicable laws and rules of the state. Any questions or
				interpretations should be referred to the office. If an immediate decision is
				needed, it should be referred to the inspector present. In the event a
				situation occurs at the contest and there are no regulations in place to cover
				the situation, the inspector of the event will make a decision on the matter.
				The inspector's ruling will be final. The authority of the office and the
				inspectors shall be respected. No one may interfere with the inspectors'
				duties, use foul language, or make threats of physical harm toward the
				inspectors.
(10) Any promoter that
				fails to pay a contestant his or her purse within forty-eight (48) hours of the
				contest may be subject to discipline by the office.
(11) The promoter shall be responsible for
				seeing that all the rules promulgated by the office are strictly observed and
				carried out.
(12) A promoter for a
				professional boxing professional or amateur kickboxing, professional
				full-contact karate, or professional or amateur mixed martial arts events shall
				arrange for an ambulance to be on site at each event with emergency personnel
				and proper resuscitation equipment. No event may begin without the presence of
				a licensed medical doctor or doctor of osteopathic medicine approved by the
				office at ringside as provided in
				20 CSR
				2040-4.040.
(13) Before the office issues a permit for a
				professional boxing, professional or amateur kick-boxing, professional
				full-contact karate, or professional or amateur mixed martial arts event the
				promoter shall provide the office with proof of insurance coverage providing
				for payment of each contestant in the amount of at least ten thousand dollars
				($10,000) in case of injury and at least ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in case
				of death. No contestant may waive the insurance coverage. Promoter shall be
				responsible for deductible payments, if any.
(14) A promoter of an event for professional
				boxing, professional and amateur kickboxing, professional full-contact karate,
				professional and amateur mixed martial arts events, are responsible to register
				their event with the certified registry as approved by the Association of
				Boxing Commissions for their respective sport. The promoter of an event is
				responsible for all fees associated with registering their event with the
				respective database. No bouts will be approved until such time that a promoter
				provides proof that the proposed event is registered with the respective
				database.
*Original authority: 317.006, RSMo 1983, amended 1996 and
					 317.015, RSMo 1996.