Texas Administrative Code

(a) The department shall send a written notice of proposed denial if the department proposes: (1) to deny an initial license application; or (2) to deny a person an opportunity to take an examination. (b) The department shall send the notice of proposed denial under subsection (a…

(a) Pursuant to Texas Occupations Code Chapter 51, §51.4012 and Chapter 53, Subchapter D, a person may request the department issue a criminal history evaluation letter regarding the person's eligibility for a specific occupational license regulated by the department. (b) A perso…

(a) The campus report card disseminated by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) under the Texas Education Code, § 39.305, shall be termed the "school" report card (SRC). (b) The intent of the SRC is to inform each student's parents or guardians about the school's performance and char…

(a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall report through the Texas Student Data System Public Education Information Management System (TSDS PEIMS) the number of full-time equivalent school counselors, defined as 40 hours of counseling services a week, at e…

(a) Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings.(1) Actively monitored--supervised by an adult who can visibly review visitors prior to entrance, who can take immediate action to close and/or lock the door, and whose du…

(a) In accordance with Texas Education Code (TEC), §33.007, a counselor shall provide certain information about higher education to a student and a student's parent or guardian during the first year the student is enrolled in a high school or at the high school level in an open-e…

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(a) Each contestant must have two seconds unless the Department permits otherwise. Each contestant shall have one chief second. (b) The seconds shall dress neatly. (c) Seconds shall keep their corners clean, dry, and free from objects. (d) Seconds may surrender for their contesta…

(a) Bond and Insurance Requirements for Promoters (1) At the time of licensure and upon each renewal, a promoter applicant must submit to the department proof of financial responsibility by: (A) submitting a $15,000 surety bond written by a bonding company authorized to do busine…

(a) If the board determines that financial hardship may exist and the carrier has failed to tender an adequate advance or acceleration of benefits within 10 days from the filing of a hardship affidavit with the board, the board shall schedule such case for prehearing conference o…

Upon a showing of good cause, prehearing will be set by the board on the insurance carrier's request. It shall be presumed the payment of compensation benefits for a period of consecutive 52 weeks or longer constitutes a case of "extended disability," and in such cases the carrie…

All available medical information that has a bearing on the claim at hand must be filed with the board at or before the prehearing in accordance with Texas Civil Statutes, Article 8309a(b) (1970). Notes 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 61.30 The provisions of this §61.30 adopted to be effec…

Claimant and carrier shall exchange all available medical information promptly after expiration of six weeks disability or earlier upon written request of either party. Thereafter, all medical information will be exchanged promptly upon receipt. If received less than seven days p…

Where the hearing officer determines that additional medical examination will probably assist in settlement, he may order such additional medical examination at the expense of the board, provided no undue delay shall occur thereby, and the prehearing officer shall reset the prehe…

Reasonable charges shall be allowed by the board for narrative reports required under Texas Civil Statutes, Article 8306, §7, and such charges shall be considered necessary expenses to be paid by the carrier (1970) (Rev.1977). Notes 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 61.45 The provisions of t…

(a) Except as otherwise provided, a request for a prehearing conference must be submitted on a board-approved form. (b) Failure to provide the information requested may constitute grounds for rejecting the request. (c) An unrepresented claimant may request a prehearing conference…

(a) Judges, Timekeepers, Referees, and Ringside Physicians may not have a direct or indirect financial interest in any contestant. (b) Contestants and ring officials licensed under the Code may not participate in an illegal event. (c) Persons under the age of 17 will not be issue…

(a) The advisory board consists of nine members appointed by the presiding officer of the commission with the approval of the commission. The nine members include: (1) four physicians; (2) one representative of a boxing promoter; (3) one representative of a mixed martial arts pro…

(a) Professional combative sports contestants, promoters, referees, judges, and managers who officiate or participate in a regulated professional event authorized by the Code must be licensed or registered by the executive director. Referees who officiate at regulated amateur eve…

(a) To qualify for a new license as a referee, an applicant must: (1) be at least 21 years of age; (2) provide information sufficient for the department to verify that the applicant has not been convicted of an offense that directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of a…

(a) To qualify for a new license as a judge, an applicant must: (1) be at least 21 years of age; (2) provide information sufficient for the department to verify that the applicant has not been convicted of an offense that directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of a j…

(a) All licensees and registrants shall behave in a professional manner and at all times pertinent to the event, exhibit the highest degree of sportsmanlike conduct. (b) All licensees and registrants shall carry out the terms and conditions of contracts concerning combative sport…

The success of the prehearing conference system depends upon a high level of expertise in workers' compensation matters by representatives of carriers and claimants. Carriers should be represented either by an attorney licensed to practice in this state, or by individuals who can…

The carrier's representative shall have a sufficient supply of proper forms to enable him to complete settlements at the prehearing conference. Notes 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 61.55 The provisions of this §61.55 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective Novembe…

(a) An amateur combative sports association (ACSA) must provide to the Department proof that it is either a non-profit organization chartered by the State of Texas or that it is approved as a non-profit organization under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. (b) An ACSA s…

(a) Medical Examinations. Each contestant applying for a license, or license renewal, shall submit on a department-approved form signed by an examining physician and an examining ophthalmologist or optometrist: (1) Proof of having passed a comprehensive medical examination within…

Ringside physicians shall perform the following duties: (1) perform medical examinations on contestants at the weigh-in to include a review of a contestant's answers to medical questions on the application. Only the contestant, his manager, his chief second, the ringside physicia…

(a) The timekeeper shall give a ten second warning before the end of each rest period. The timekeeper shall sound the bell only at the beginning and end of each round. (b) When a contestant is down, the timekeeper shall start his count, continuing until he reaches the count of te…

(a) Managers shall deal fairly with contestants. (b) It is the contestant and manager's joint responsibility to comply with all requirements, including rest periods and medical suspensions. (c) Managers or their designees, must attend the referee's rules meeting conducted prior t…

(a) A majority vote of the judging officials decides the outcome of the bout. (b) If an assigned judge is unable to officiate, he shall notify the department at least five hours before the event. (c) If a contest is stopped before the end of the fourth round because of an acciden…

(a) Referees are responsible for enforcing the rules of the bouts and shall exercise immediate authority, direction and control over bouts. The referee shall conduct a rules meeting before the first bout of the event. (b) The referee may eject from an event any person who violate…

This chapter is promulgated under the authority of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 2052 and Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 51. Notes 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 61.1 The provisions of this §61.1 adopted to be effective October 1, 2000, 25 TexReg 9941; amended to be effective December …

The following words and terms have the following meanings: (1) Badge--A department-issued credential provided to timekeepers, judges, referees and ringside physicians who officiate at combative sports events. (2) Chief second--The second designated by the contestant as the primar…

(a) A promoter shall assure that the weigh-in takes place at a specific time set by the promoter and approved by the department, generally between the hours of 2 p.m. of the day before the contest and 12 noon the day of the contest. The department must be notified ten days before…

(a) The ring shall be set up at least two hours before the contest is scheduled to begin. (b) Except as specifically otherwise authorized by the executive director, rings shall meet the following: (1) Rings shall be square with sides not less than 16 feet or more than 24 feet ins…

(a) All rules stated herein apply to the combative sport of boxing, with the exception of §§61.108 - 61.112, unless this section conflicts with another rule stated herein. If a conflict occurs, this section prevails. (b) In scoring a contest the elements of offense, defense, clea…

(a) All rules stated herein apply to the combative sport of kickboxing, with the exception of §§61.107 and 61.110 - 61.112 unless this section conflicts with another rule stated herein. If a conflict occurs, this section prevails. (b) Kickboxing matches shall not exceed nine two-…

(a) All rules in this chapter apply to the combative sport of bare-knuckle boxing except §§61.106(c) - (f), 61.107, 61.108, and 61.110 - 61.112. If any language in this section conflicts with another rule in this chapter, this section prevails. (b) Amateur contestants prohibited.…

(a) All full-contact martial arts are forms of a combative sport. (b) All rules stated herein apply to martial art competitions with the exception of §§61.106, 61.107, 61.108, and 61.112, unless this section conflicts with another rule stated herein. If a conflict occurs, this se…

(a) All rules stated herein, except §§61.106 - 61.108, and 61.112 apply to mixed martial arts contests unless this section conflicts with another rule stated herein. If a conflict occurs, this section prevails. (b) Contestants may wear fingerless gloves weighing not less than 4 o…

(a) All rules stated herein apply to the combative sport of muay thai fighting with the exception of §§61.107 - 61.111, unless this section conflicts with another rule stated herein. If a conflict occurs, this section prevails. (b) Muay Thai is competition in which a person utili…

Upon collection of delinquent taxes levied by or on behalf of an abolished county board of education, the county in which the abolished county board of education operated must apply the delinquent taxes to the bonds levied by or on behalf of the abolished county board of educatio…

(a) This section, made pursuant to Texas Education Code (TEC), §48.011 and §48.004, addresses calculations in TEC, § 48.2551 . (b) For purposes of determining a district's maximum compressed tax rate (MCR) under TEC, § 48.2551(b) , for the 2020-2021 school year, the value of the …

(a) Under the Texas Education Code (TEC), §11.159, the State Board of Education (SBOE) shall adopt a framework for governance leadership to be used in structuring continuing education for school board members. The framework shall be posted to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) webs…

(a) This section, made pursuant to Texas Education Code (TEC), §48.011 and §48.004, addresses calculations in TEC, § 48.2551 . (b) School districts' maximum compressed maintenance and operations (M&O) tax rates, as determined by TEC, § 48.2551 and § 48.2552 , and relevant rules, …

(a) The following words and terms, when used in this section, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Comprehensive school counseling program--provision of a guidance curriculum, responsive services, individual planning, and system support…

(a) In accordance with the Texas Education Code (TEC), § 28.026, a school district or open-enrollment charter school shall provide each student, at the time the student first registers for one or more classes required for high school graduation, with a written notification of the…