Legislation
SECTION 1014
Regulation of authorized professional combative sports
General Business (GBS) CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 41
§ 1014. Regulation of authorized professional combative sports. The
commission shall promulgate regulations governing the conduct of
authorized professional combative sports that:
1. establish parameters and limitations on weights and classes of
professionals;
2. establish parameters and limitations on the number and duration of
rounds;
3. establish the requirements for the presence of medical equipment,
medical personnel, an ambulance, other emergency apparatus and an
emergency medical plan;
4. establish responsibilities of all licensees before, during and
after an event;
5. define unsportsmanlike practices;
6. establish conditions for the forfeiture of any prize, remuneration
or purse, or any part thereof based on the conduct of professionals,
their managers and seconds;
7. establish parameters and standards for required and allowed
equipment items utilized by professionals;
8. establish parameters and standards for rings, combat surfaces and
appurtenances thereto; and
9. establish such other rules and conditions as are necessary to
effectuate the commission's purpose.
commission shall promulgate regulations governing the conduct of
authorized professional combative sports that:
1. establish parameters and limitations on weights and classes of
professionals;
2. establish parameters and limitations on the number and duration of
rounds;
3. establish the requirements for the presence of medical equipment,
medical personnel, an ambulance, other emergency apparatus and an
emergency medical plan;
4. establish responsibilities of all licensees before, during and
after an event;
5. define unsportsmanlike practices;
6. establish conditions for the forfeiture of any prize, remuneration
or purse, or any part thereof based on the conduct of professionals,
their managers and seconds;
7. establish parameters and standards for required and allowed
equipment items utilized by professionals;
8. establish parameters and standards for rings, combat surfaces and
appurtenances thereto; and
9. establish such other rules and conditions as are necessary to
effectuate the commission's purpose.