Title 68, Health, Safety and Environmental Protection

The governor or speakers may remove a member of the commission appointed by them for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office.

The members of the commission shall elect one (1) member as chair of the commission, who shall serve for a term of one (1) year, whereupon another member shall be elected as provided in this chapter.

(a) The fees established for professional combatants, promoters, managers, matchmakers, seconds, ringside physicians, and other ring officials licensed in accordance with § 68-115-204 shall be in an amount that provides for the cost of administering the licensing and regulation o…

(a) (1) The commission shall meet as often as the duties of the commission require.(2) (A) Commission members shall attend at least fifty percent (50%) of the required quarterly meetings.(B) Any commission member who fails to attend meetings as required in subdivision (a)(2)(A) s…

The director of the division of regulatory boards in the department of commerce and insurance or the director's designee shall serve as executive director of the commission and shall perform all administrative functions for the commission. The executive director of the commission…

(a) The commission is authorized to promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and to protect and ensure the health, safety, and welfare of combatants in professional contests, amateurs in events, and combatants and amateurs in pro-am competitions. The rules shal…

The commission shall have the authority to recognize or associate with any other state boxing commissions, or athletic or sanctioning authority.

(a) Except as provided in § 68-115-302 concerning wrestling contests, the commission shall have discretion, authority, management, regulation and control of all professional contests and pro-am competitions held, conducted or given within this state, the powers and duties specifi…

(a) All combatants of professional unarmed combat contests, promoters, managers, matchmakers, seconds, ringside physicians and any other ring official shall be licensed by the commission. No person shall participate, directly or indirectly, in any professional contest of unarmed …

(a) The commission shall establish a permit application and accompanying permit fee to be charged to promoters of all professional contests of unarmed combat in this state. Failure to pay the permit fee shall be cause for denial of the application. If the commission determines th…

(a) The executive director shall have the authority to examine the professional combatant's record, experience, skill and physical condition pursuant to the powers granted to it in this chapter, and may deny the issuance of a license if, in the executive director's opinion, the c…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the commission and the executive director shall keep confidential:(1) Any information, including, but not limited to, an applicant's social security number, that the commission or the executive director receives concerning an ap…

(a) (1) Every promoter shall pay professional contest fees and taxes due for professional contests of:(A) Four percent (4%) of the total gross receipts from admission fees to the live professional contest of unarmed combat or five hundred dollars ($500), whichever is greater, exc…

(a) The commission may, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, suspend or revoke the license of any person issued pursuant to this chapter who:(1) Enters into a contract for a professional contest of unarmed combat in bad fai…

The commission or executive director shall assign all ring officials for a professional contest of unarmed combat. Every promoter of a professional contest shall pay for services rendered by the ring officials and any other fees for services provided pursuant to this chapter.

Every promoter of a professional contest of unarmed combat shall provide proof of medical insurance coverage for medical, surgical, and hospital care to cover injuries sustained by a combatant while engaged in professional contests of unarmed combat, in an amount to be set by rul…

(a) The commission, its executive director or any other employee authorized by the commission may order the promoter to withhold any part of a purse or other money belonging or payable to any professional combatant, or any manager or second, if, in the judgment of the commission,…

(a) Except for amateur events exempted from this chapter pursuant to part 3, the commission is authorized to require promoters of amateur events of unarmed combat to obtain a permit prior to conducting the events. If the permit is required, the commission shall adopt rules in acc…

(a) A promoter shall, at least seventy-two (72) hours before a professional contest of unarmed combat, file with the commission's executive director a copy of all contracts entered into for the sale, lease or other exploitation of broadcasting, television and motion picture right…

Each venue shall provide, at all professional contests, a designated working area at ringside in which commission members and ring officials shall carry out their official duties.

(a) If disciplinary action is taken against a person by the commission pursuant to this chapter based on the conduct of the person that either directly or indirectly relates to a professional contest of unarmed combat or pro-am competition, the commission may, in lieu of or in ad…

The commission may reinstate a revoked license upon receipt of an application and the payment of a penalty prescribed by the commission, not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).

A violation of this chapter is a Class A misdemeanor.

(a) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the commission may authorize international qualifying events for kickboxing to occur in this state if the events meet the standards required for such events by the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations…

This chapter shall not apply to any amateur event of unarmed combat conducted by or participated in exclusively by any school, college or university or by any association or organization of a school, college or university, when each amateur in the event is a bona fide student in …

This chapter shall not apply to any amateur wrestling event, including, but not limited to, high school and college wrestling. Nor shall this chapter apply to any professional wrestling contest or any form of wrestling for entertainment purposes.

The executive director of the commission, a member of the commission, qualified medical personnel, or the commission's designee shall be present at all weigh-ins, pre-contest physical examinations, and professional contests, and shall ensure that the rules are strictly enforced.

Every combatant in an unarmed combat contest shall be present and weighed in at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to, or the day of, the scheduled start of the contest at the discretion of the commission.

(a) All professional combatants shall be required to submit to a pre-contest physical examination within forty-eight (48) hours of, or the day prior to, the scheduled start of the contest. A random urine drug screen to determine the use of banned or illegal substances may be requ…

(a) In making round and foul determinations, the referee shall be the sole arbiter of the professional contest; however, the ringside physician shall advise the referee to terminate or continue the contest based on the physician's observation of the combatant's physical condition…

Combatants shall not train or compete under the influence of any illegal drug or legal drug used illegally, as recognized by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Combatants shall report any and all medication they are taking to the ringside physician prior to a professional contest. If the combatant is under the influence of alcohol or any stimulant, or is taking any controlled substance or other medication, that the ringside physician de…

(a) This chapter shall be in full compliance with the federal Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, as amended by the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act (15 U.S.C. § 6301 et seq.). (b) The Tennessee athletic commission is directed to become a member of the Association of Boxing Com…