1. (1) Participants shall be weighed within thirty hours but not less than six hours prior to the scheduled event, at a time and place chosen by the promoter and approved by the department. The weigh-in shall take place in the presence of the department and the promoter or the promoter's representative.
2. (2) The scales used for weigh-in shall be provided by the promoter and approved by the department.
3. (3) The weight of each participant shall be recorded on a form provided by the department and signed by the representative of the department.

4. (4) If a participant weighs in within thirty hours, but not less than twelve hours prior to an event's scheduled start time, the participant shall weigh the weight specified on the participant/promoter contract referred to in WAC 36-14-365. If a participant weighs more than the weight specified in the participant/promoter contract, the participant may:

   1. (a) Lose the weight exceeded in the participant/promoter contract no later than two hours after the initial weigh-in;
   2. (b) Renegotiate the participant/promoter contract; or
   3. (c) Not do (a) or (b) of this subsection and the contest will be canceled by the department.

5. (5) If a participant weighs in less than twelve hours prior to an event's scheduled start time, the participant shall weigh the weight specified in the participant/promoter contract referred to in WAC 36-14-365(7). If a participant weighs more than the weight specified in the participant/promoter contract, the participant may:

   1. (a) Renegotiate the participant/promoter contract; or
   2. (b) Not do (a) of this subsection and the contest will be canceled by the department.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.24.023, 67.08.015, and 67.08.017. WSR 13-21-149, § 36-14-106, filed 10/23/13, effective 12/1/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 67.08.017, 67.08.105, and 43.24.023. WSR 02-20-094, § 36-14-106, filed 10/1/02, effective 1/1/03.]