Section 0145-01-.05 - RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROMOTERS(1) It shall be the responsibility of the promoter of an unarmed combat contest to inform all prospective participants that it will be necessary for them to be duly licensed in accordance with Rule 0145-01-.03 Licensing.(2) No promoter shall knowingly permit any person to act as a boxer, mixed martial artist, kickboxer, manager or second in any contest if such person is (or would be) prohibited from acting in such capacity by any provision of the Tennessee Athletic Commission Act of 2008 or any rules or regulations of the Tennessee Athletic Commission.(3) The promoter shall assure that the ringside physician is seated so as to have immediate access to the ring.(4) The promoter shall provide surgical gloves to all persons working in the ring. No promoter shall knowingly permit any person to act as a second (including a manager acting as a second) or referee in any contest unless such person is supplied with, and uses, such surgical gloves. The promoter is responsible for ensuring that acceptable sanitary standards are met with respect to dressing rooms, water bottles, towels or other equipment. Physicians and commission representatives shall specifically check at every contest or event for violations of these rules. The ring shall be swept, dry-mopped, or otherwise adequately cleaned before the event and prior to each fight.(5) Prior to the initiation of any contest or event, a commission representative shall inspect the bout area for safety and the promoter of the contest or event shall be required to make whatever changes to such area as are necessary in the judgment of the commission representative.(6) The promoter shall ensure that the emergency equipment and procedures required by T.C.A. § 68-115-404 are provided for at each unarmed combat contest.(7) No person may arrange, promote, organize, or produce a professional unarmed combat contest without providing health insurance for each combatant to provide medical coverage for any injuries sustained in the contest in an amount not less than twenty-thousand dollars ($20,000.00). The promoter shall provide proof of such coverage at the time the promoter applies for a permit for a professional contest.(8) The promoter shall ensure the venue provides a sufficient ringside area for commission officials and ring officials to carry out their official duties.(9) The Promoter shall be responsible for the cost of any tests or examinations ordered by the Commission's administrator, or his designee, pursuant to Rule 0145-01-.08.(10) The promoter shall file with the Commission's administrator a copy of any and all contracts entered into for the sale, lease, or other exploitation of broadcasting, television or motion picture rights for any professional contest.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0145-01-.05
Emergency rules 0145-01 through 0145-05 filed November 7, 2008; effective though April 21, 2009. Emergency rule filed April 20, 2009; effective through October 2, 2009. New rule filed March 17, 2009; effective May 31, 2009. Amendments filed July 11, 2018; effective 10/9/2018.Authority: Chapter 1149 of the Public Acts of 2008, § 2 and T.C.A. §§ 68-115-201, 68-115-204, 68-115-211, 68-115-213, and 68-115-214 [effective July 1, 2008].