PURPOSE: This rule clarifies the duties and responsibilities of promoters.

1. (1) No person, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or any other form of business entity shall promote any professional boxing, professional wrestling, professional kickboxing or professional full-contact karate contest without obtaining a license from the Office of Athletics. Licensees shall not allow another to use their promoter’s license. Promoters shall supervise their employees and shall be liable for the conduct of those employees and for any violation of Chapter 317, RSMo or the rules adopted thereunder. The office shall deem any violations by an employee or representative of a promoter as a violation of the promoter.
2. (2) Before the office issues a promoter’s license, the promoter shall provide the office a surety bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or an irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of at least five thousand dollars ($5,000) from a lending institution approved to do business in the United States to guarantee payment of all state athletic taxes and fees to the state. The irrevocable letter of credit may only be released upon written approval by the office. An additional bond or irrevocable letter of credit may be required in the amount specified by the office where it may be reasonably expected that the five thousand dollars ($5,000) bond or irrevocable letter of credit will not provide sufficient protection to the state. It shall be the duty of each promoter to maintain all required bonds on a current status.
3. (3) The promoter shall apply for a permit for each contest. The application for permit and appropriate fee must be received by the office not later than five (5) business days before the date of the professional contest for which the permit is being sought.
4. (4) Promoters shall be liable for all contests held and for meeting all deadlines for permit and license applications. Within fifteen (15) business days after a contest the promoter shall pay the state athletic tax to the office.
5. (5) Promoters shall be responsible for ensuring the maintenance of adequate public safety at all contests. Failure to ensure adequate public safety may result in cancellation of a contest, discipline against a promoter’s license and denial of future permits for contests.
6. (6) Promoters shall provide all materials necessary to conduct the contests, such as ring, stools, resin, water buckets, bell, buzzer or whistle, timer, gloves, gauze, tape for hand wraps and adequate scales.
7. (7) Promoters shall publicly announce all substitutions for contestants advertised for contests as soon as the substitutions are known.
8. (8) For adequate public safety, the promoter is responsible for ensuring that no bottled drinks, unless poured into disposable paper cups by vendors at the time of sale, are permitted in any hall or facility where any contest is being held. If the contest is staged outof-doors disposable paper cups also must be used on the site of the contest.
9. (9) Promoters and all licensed individuals and organizations associated with the contests shall be deemed to have knowledge of the applicable laws and rules of the state. Any questions or interpretations should be referred to the office. If an immediate decision is required, it should be referred to the inspector present. In the event a situation occurs at the contest and there are no regulations in place to cover the situation, the inspector of the event will make a decision on the matter. The inspector’s ruling shall be final. The authority of the office and the inspectors shall be respected. No one shall interfere with the inspectors’ duties, use foul language or make threats of physical harm toward the inspectors.
10. (10) Any promoter that fails to pay a contestant his or her purse within forty-eight (48) hours of the contest shall be subject to discipline by the office.
11. (11) The promoter shall be responsible for seeing that all the rules promulgated by the office are strictly observed and carried out.
12. (12) A promoter for a boxing or kickboxing event shall arrange for an ambulance to be on site at each event with emergency personnel and proper resuscitation equipment.
13. (13) Boxing promoters shall submit to the office proof that health insurance has been 20 CSR 2040-4

purchased for each boxing contestant prior to scheduled contest.

AUTHORITY: sections 317.006 and 317.015, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 40-4.015. Original rule filed April 30, 1982, effective Sept. 11, 1982. Rescinded and readopted: Filed March 2, 1989, effective May 11, 1989. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Nov. 15, 2001, effective May 30, 2002. Moved to 20 CSR 2040-4.015, effective Aug. 28, 2006.

*Original authority: 317.006, RSMo 1983, amended 1996 and 317.015, RSMo 1996.