PURPOSE: This rule establishes licensing guidelines and criteria for professional mixed martial arts.
- (1) All mixed martial arts contestants, referees, judges, managers, seconds, physicians, timekeepers, promoters, matchmakers and announcers shall apply for and submit the proper fee to be issued a license. A license must be issued before participating in a contest.
- (2) Each applicant for a license shall complete an application as prescribed by the office. The office shall not process any application for a license that does not contain the proper fee and all information required from FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
the applicant. The office shall not refund license fees.
- (3) An applicant for a mixed martial arts event shall submit to any medical and mental health examination or testing ordered by the office.
- (4) All licenses expire on June 30 of each even numbered year following the date of issuance.
- (5) If a licensee changes his/her name or address, he/she must notify the office in writing within ten (10) days after the change(s) becomes effective. Licensees are required to submit legal documentation approving the name change.
- (6) Licensees shall comply with all applicable federal regulations governing professional full-contact karate or mixed martial arts.
(7) The following fees are applicable to initial licensure and license renewals:
- (A) Promoter—Professional
- (B) Contestant—Professional
- (C) Referee—Professional
- (D) Judge—Professional
- (E) Matchmaker
- (F) Manager
- (G) Second
- (H) Announcer
- (I) Timekeeper
- (J) Physician
AUTHORITY: sections 317.001 and 317.006, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed April 3, 2007, effective Oct. 30, 2007.
*Original authority: 317.001, RSMo 1983, amended 1996 and 317.006, RSMo 1983, amended 1996.