Guam Administrative Code

§ 4508. Certain Persons Retained by Promoter Must Have Licenses. A promoter shall not retain a person for any of the following positions, unless he is licensed by the Commission: (a) an unarmed combatant; (b) matchmaker; or (c) announcer.…

§ 4509. Selection and Approval of Ring Officials and Announcer. (a) The ring officials of contests or exhibitions are the referee, judges, timekeeper, physician, and the Commission’s representative. The Commission will select and approve all ring officials. (b) The promoter may s…

§ 4510. Referees: Selection; Fee; Protest of Assignment; Physical Examination. (a) A majority of the Commission will select the referee for 31 the main event in boxing championship contests, and for any other boxing contests or exhibitions which the Commission considers to be spe…

§ 4511. Judges: Selection; Protest of Assignment; Fee; Stationing; Physical Examination. (a) A majority of the Commission will select the judges for the main event in boxing championship contests, and for any other boxing contests or exhibitions which the Commission considers to …

§ 4512. Certain Officials Deemed Independent Contractors; Payment of Fees by Promoters to Commission; Payment of Officials by Commission. (a) For purposes of this Chapter, inspectors, referees, judges, timekeepers and ringside physicians shall be deemed to be independent contract…

§ 4513. Cancellation or Postponement of Program: Limitations; New Bout Agreement; Approval of New Date; Advance Notice to Public. (a) A promoter may not cancel or postpone a program of unarmed combat, unless the cancellation or postponement is approved by the Commission or its re…

§ 4514. Change or Substitution Involving Main Event: Notice by Promoter; Refund of Price of Ticket; Approval of 33 Substitution. (a) The promoter of a program of unarmed combat shall, if possible: (1) notify the Commission and the news media of any change or substitution involvin…

§ 4515. Unarmed Combatant Not Used in Program Must be Used in Next Program or Reimbursed. If a promoter enters into a bout agreement with an unarmed combatant for a contest or exhibition in a program of unarmed combat, but the promoter, without reasonable cause, does not use 34 t…

§ 4516. Limitations on Types of Beverage Containers, Ashtrays and Plates Used at Programs. (a) All drinks at a program of unarmed combat must be dispensed in paper or plastic cups. (b) Ashtrays and plates provided for patrons at a program of unarmed combat must be made from light…

§ 4601. Training Quarters: Requirements for Charging Admission Fee; Duties of Person Charging Fee. (a) An admission fee must not be charged to enter the quarters where an unarmed combatant is training, unless the Commission has authorized the charging of admission. (b) If such an…

§ 4602. Tickets: Conditions for Sale. The sale of tickets for any proposed contest or exhibition is prohibited until: (a) the aisle spacing, the exit facilities and the location of appliances to extinguish fires have been approved by the appropriate governmental authority; and (b…

§ 4603. Tickets: Person Sold Right of Admission Must be Provided With Ticket; Promoter Must Prepare Inventory of 36 Tickets. (a) The right of admission to a program of unarmed combat must not be sold to a person, unless that person is provided with a ticket. (b) The promoter of a…

§ 4604. Contents of Ticket; Request to Change Ticket Price or Program Date. (a) Every ticket must have the price, name of the promoter and date of the program of unarmed combat printed plainly on it and must adequately indicate that the event is sanctioned by the GUCC. (b) Reques…

§ 4605. Complimentary Tickets: Limitation on Issuance; Exclusion from Calculation of License Fee; Calculation of Percentage of Price and Service Charge for Payment to Unarmed Combatant. (a) A promoter may not issue complimentary tickets for more than four percent (4%) of the seat…

§ 4606. Issuance of Complimentary Tickets and Tickets at Reduced Rate: Authority and Duties of Promoter; Use of and Liability for Tickets; Disciplinary Action; Fees and Taxes. (a) Each promoter of a contest or exhibition of unarmed combat has charge of all seating arrangements, b…

§ 4607. Admission of Certain Ring Officials; Persons Authorized to Use Commission Badge; Access to Site of 39 Program and Dressing Rooms. (a) The promoter of a program of unarmed combat shall admit to such program any referee, judge, ringside physician, inspector or timekeeper wh…

§ 4608. Allocation of Seats for Media. The promoter may allocate seats for the media, subject to the Commission’s final approval of the allocation.

§ 4609. Reservation of Area for Use by Commission. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), for every program of unarmed combat, the promoter of the program shall reserve an area consisting of at least one (1) whole side of the ring, from the ring apron to fifteen (15)…

§ 4610. Speculation in Tickets Prohibited; Restrictions on Changes in Ticket Prices. (a) A promoter who holds a program of unarmed combat 40 shall exercise extraordinary caution to prevent speculation in tickets. (b) The promoter may not sell any tickets for a price other than th…

§ 4611. Tickets Sold at Reduced Rate: Actual Price Charged Must be Stamped on Ticket and Stub. Any ticket for a program of unarmed combat sold for less than the price printed on the ticket must be over-stamped with the actual price charged. The over-stamp must be placed on the pr…

§ 4612. Exchange or Redemption of Tickets; Retention and Destruction of Unsold Tickets. (a) A person may only exchange tickets at the box office. A ticket must not be redeemed after the program of unarmed combat has taken place. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection…

§ 4613. Tickets: Removal and Possession of Stub. (a) A holder of a ticket for a program of unarmed combat must not be allowed: (1) to pass through the gate of the premises where the 41 program is being held, unless his ticket is separated from the stub; or (2) to occupy a seat, u…

§ 4614. Duties of Ushers and Doormen; Responsibility of Promoter; Disciplinary Action. (a) An usher shall see that: (1) patrons get the seats corresponding with their ticket stubs; and (2) anyone who occupies a seat for which he does not have the ticket stub is asked to vacate th…

§ 4615. Readmission Prohibited; Exceptions. A promoter may not issue a ticket to a person for the purpose of readmitting him if he leaves the arena and then wishes to reenter the arena, unless the promoter has obtained the Commission’s written permission for such an issuance. ---…

§ 4701. Sanitation. (a) Each promoter is responsible for and must correct any violation of the regulations of the Commission, or the Department of Public Health, regarding the sanitary condition of dressing rooms, showers, water bottles, towels or other equipment. (b) Physicians …

§ 4702. Provision of Ambulance and Medical Personnel; Alternative Medical Transport; Notice of Program to Emergency Services, Facilities and Personnel. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a program of unarmed combat must not be held, unless an ambulance and two (2) …

§ 4703. Provision of Emergency Equipment. (a) Each promoter of a program of unarmed combat shall arrange to have emergency equipment on the premises where the program is to be held. The emergency equipment must include, but is not limited to: 44 (1) blankets; (2) a stretcher; (3)…

§ 4704. Dressing Rooms: Persons Authorized to Enter; Promoter to Provide Security. (a) On the day of a contest or exhibition, only the following people are allowed in the dressing room of an unarmed combatant: (1) the manager of the unarmed combatant; (2) the seconds of the unarm…

§ 4705. Requirements for Gloves. The gloves used in a contest or exhibition must meet the following requirements: (a) The gloves must be examined by a representative of the Commission and the referee. If padding in any glove is found to be misplaced or lumpy, or if any glove is f…

§ 4706. Bandages for Hands of Unarmed Combatant. (a) Bandages on the hand of an unarmed combatant may 46 not exceed one (1) winding of surgeon’s adhesive tape, not over one and one half (1 ½) inches wide, and placed directly on the hand to protect the part of the hand near the wr…

§ 4707. Equipment of Chief Second. (a) The chief second shall equip himself with: (1) a clear plastic water bottle; (2) a bucket containing ice; (3) a solution of a kind approved by the Commission for stopping hemorrhaging; (4) adhesive tape; (5) gauze; (6) scissors; and (7) one …

§ 4708. Requirements for Boxing or Kickboxing Ring. A boxing or kickboxing ring must meet the following 47 requirements: (a) The ring must be twenty (20) feet square within the ropes. The ring floor must extend at least eighteen (18) inches beyond the ropes. The ring floor must b…

§ 4709. Requirements for Bell or Gong. There must be a bell or gong at the ring or, if the contest or exhibition is held in a fenced area, at the fenced area, no higher than the floor level of the ring or fenced area. The bell or gong must produce a clear tone easily heard by the…

§ 4710. Equipment of Timekeeper. Every timekeeper shall have the equipment prescribed by the Commission, and shall carry out the duties directed by the representative of the Commission. ---------- ARTICLE 8 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNARMED COMBATANTS AND OTHER LICENSEES…

§ 4801. Time Required to Elapse Before Unarmed Combatant Competes in Successive Contest or Exhibition. (a) With respect to contests or exhibitions of boxing or kickboxing, without the special permission of the Commission, an unarmed combatant may not compete on Guam unless: (1) F…

§ 4802. Boxers and Elimination Boxers: Weight Classes; Weight Differences; Weight Loss After Weigh-in. (a) The classes for unarmed combatants who are boxers or elimination boxers and the weights for each class are shown in the following schedule: (1) Strawweight up to 105 lbs. (2…

§ 4803. Unarmed Combatants Required to Submit to Weigh- In and Physical Examination. An unarmed combatant who has signed a bout agreement is subject to an order by the Commission to appear at any time to be: (a) weighed; or (b) examined by any physician whom the Commission may de…

§ 4804. Procedure for Weigh-in. 52 (a) Each unarmed combatant must be weighed in the presence of the public, his opponent, a representative of the Commission, and an official representing the promoter, on scales approved by the Commission at any place designated by the Commission…

§ 4805. Forfeiture for Failure to Make Weight. (a) An unarmed combatant who fails to make the weight agreed upon in his bout agreement forfeits: (1) twenty-five percent (25%) of his purse if no lesser amount is set by the Commission’s representative; or (2) a lesser amount set by…

§ 4806. Physical Examination Required at Weigh-in. A physician designated by the Commission shall give each unarmed combatant a thorough physical examination at the time of his weighing in before a contest or exhibition. 53…

§ 4807. Duties of Promoter Concerning Physical Examination; Fees for Services of Physician; Provision of Temporary or Emergency Treatment to Unarmed Combatant. (a) The promoter shall provide the physician designated by the Commission with a suitable place to examine each unarmed …

§ 4808. Determination by Physician of Fitness of Unarmed Combatant; Report. (a) If the physician who examines an unarmed combatant who has entered into a bout agreement for a contest or exhibition determines that the unarmed combatant is unfit for competition, the unarmed combata…

§ 4809. Unarmed Combatant Must Report Certain Injuries and Illnesses; Physical Examination Required; Payment of Physician. (a) When an unarmed combatant is unable to take part in a contest or exhibition for which he has entered into a bout agreement because of his injury or illne…

§ 4810. Suspension of Licensee for Medical Reason. (a) A licensee who is determined by the examining physician to be unfit to compete or officiate must be suspended until it is shown that he is fit for further competition or officiating. (b) An unarmed combatant suspended for thi…

§ 4811. Female Unarmed Combatants. (a) A female unarmed combatant shall not engage in a contest or exhibition with a male unarmed combatant. (b) In addition to meeting such requirements of this Chapter as are applicable to unarmed combatants generally, a female unarmed combatant …

§ 4901. Unarmed Combatants Must Report Before Contest or Exhibition. Each unarmed combatant must report to the representative of the Commission in charge of dressing rooms before the scheduled time of the first contest or exhibition of a program of unarmed combat.…

§ 4902. Proper Attire and Equipment of Unarmed Combatants. (a) Each unarmed combatant must provide himself with a costume, which is subject to the approval of the Commission, or its representative. (b) Each unarmed combatant must appear in proper attire. 57 The unarmed combatants…

§ 4903. Physical Appearance of Unarmed Combatants. (a) Each unarmed combatant must be clean and present a tidy appearance. (b) The excessive use of grease, or any other foreign substance, may not be used on the face or body of an unarmed combatant. The referees, or the Commission…

§ 4904. Procedure for Use of Scorecards. 58 (a) The Commission’s representative in charge at a contest or exhibition shall, before the start of the contest or exhibition, give scorecards to each judge if the contest or exhibition is being judged. (b) The judges shall score each r…

§ 4905. Method of Judging Boxing Contest or Exhibition. (a) Each judge of a boxing contest or exhibition that is being judged shall score the contest or exhibition and determine the winner through the use of the following system: (1) The better boxer of a round receives ten (10) …