Section 0145-01-.08 - COMBATANTS GENERALLY(1) The administration or use of drugs or stimulants, either before or during a bout, to or by any combatant, is prohibited. Any contestant violating this provision shall be subject to disqualification. For the purpose of verifying compliance with this rule, the Commission's administrator or his designee may require that one or both contestants in a bout submit to a urinalysis, blood test, or, if recommended by the ringside physician, any other pre or post-fight examination.(2) All combatants shall attend the pre-fight rules meeting held the day of or the day before all professional contests, with the meeting to be conducted by the referee and the Commission's administrator or his or her designee.(3) Combatants shall obey the referee at all times during the bout.(4) Combatants shall act with proper sportsmanship at all times and shall obey the provisions of the Tennessee Athletic Commission Act of 2016 and these rules at all times.(5) In addition to the pre-licensing medical examination, all combatants shall complete a pre-contest medical form as provided by the Commission and be subject to a pre-contest medical examination to be performed by the ringside physician, or another physician as selected by the Commission's administrator. A pre-contest examination of a female combatant should include abdominal, breast, and pelvic examinations. Any female combatant shall provide the examining physician with the results of a pregnancy test performed on the combatant within the previous fourteen (14) days. If such results are positive, that combatant shall not be permitted to compete.(6) Combatants failing to appear for the weigh in, any pre-fight meetings, the contest or bout, shall be subject to discipline which may include civil penalties or suspension at the discretion of the Commission.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0145-01-.08
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 13, 2023; effective 10/11/2023.Authority: Chapter 1149 of the Public Acts of 2008, § 2; Tennessee Athletic Commission Act of 2016; and T.C.A. §§ 68-115-201, 68-115-204, 68-115-216, 68-115-402, 68-115-403, and 68-115-405 [effective July 1, 2008].