Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 230 - Department of Business Regulation › Chapter 30 - Commercial Licensing › Subchapter 30 - Gaming and Athletics › Part 6 - Mixed Martial Arts › Section 230-RICR-30-30-6.5 - Licenses

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Licenses - Event
1. Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
											41-5.2-2, no Event shall take
				  place or be conducted unless the Promoter of the Event has applied for and
				  received a license from the Division (the "Event License"). An Event
				  Application shall be received by the Division at least fourteen (14) calendar
				  days prior to the date of the scheduled Event. The Event Application shall be
				  completed in full, shall be in compliance with and include all of the
				  information required by R.I. Gen. Laws §
											41-5.2-3, and shall also include
				  the following:
a. Proof of compliance with
				  R.I. Gen. Laws §
												41-5.2-9 with respect to the
				  fighting area.
b. Pursuant to R.I.
				  Gen. Laws §§
												41-5.2-4 and
				  41-5.2-23, proof of insurance and
				  bond as required by §§
												6.7  and  6.8   of this Part.
c. A copy of the approval from the city or
				  town authorities where the Event is to be held.
d. Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
												41-5.2-3, an application fee in
				  the amount of eight-hundred-dollars ($800).
e. Bout Sheet listing the Competitors and the
				  opponents with which they are matched.
f. Pursuant to the Division's authority under
				  R.I. Gen. Laws §
												41-5.2-25, the following
				  information regarding the Competitors and opponents identified in the bout
				  sheet:
(1) The full legal name and relevant
				  professional or stage name of each person, along with his/her date of birth and
				  social security number;
(2) A
				  current passport type photograph of each person;
(3) The complete fight record of each
				  Competitor prior to the MMA Event for which the license is sought, including
				  the full legal name of his/her opponent, any professional or stage name used by
				  his/her opponent at the time of the fight, and the date, place, and result of
				  each fight on the fight record; and
(4) A detailed summary of the contractual
				  agreement between the applicant and each person who will perform as a
				  Competitor in the Event for which the license is sought, including, among other
				  things, the pecuniary gain or other consideration to be paid to or on behalf of
				  each person by reason of his or her performance in the match or
				  exhibition.
g. An
				  itemization of the gross receipts and the expenses anticipated by the applicant
				  in the conduct of the Event for which the license is sought;
h. The name, date of birth, and social
				  security number of the person who will collect, hold, and transmit to the Rhode
				  Island General Treasurer, on behalf of the applicant, the sums mentioned in
				  R.I. Gen. Laws §
												41-5.2-27.
i. Satisfactory proof that the applicant is
				  the sole owner of the cage equipment to be used in the Event for which the
				  license is sought. Sole ownership includes any lease or rental agreement under
				  which the applicant enjoys control and custody of the cage equipment
				  substantially equivalent to that of a sole owner.
j. Fire safety inspection approval for the
				  Event from the appropriate municipal or state fire official with his or her
				  signature and that of the Applicant.
k. Any other information as requested by the
				  Division in the course of its review of the Event License
				  Application.