16 Tex. Admin. Code § 61.30 - Responsibilities and Authority of the Executive Director
(a) The executive director, or his designee,
has complete authority over all phases of an event, including, but not limited
to the weigh-in, matching of contestants, entrance to the forum, access to the
technical zone, audit of ticket sales, payment of purses and changing of a
rendered decision in accordance with subsection (n).
(b) For all professional events the executive
director, or his designee, will assign the timekeepers, referees, ringside
physicians and judges.
(c) In title
and championship bouts the executive director, or his designee, will consult
with the sponsoring or sanctioning bodies on the assignment of judges and
referees. The executive director, or his designee, will make assignments for
such bouts.
(d) The executive
director or his designee, will evaluate an applicant's or licensee's fitness
for licensure as a contestant based on the totality of his or her physical
condition, taking into account the following indicators:
(1) under the age of 18;
(2) actual age;
(3) number of bouts;
(4) number of rounds fought;
(5) number of identified injuries;
(6) number of knockouts and technical
knockouts suffered within the last 12 months, specifically those where the
contestant lost consciousness;
(7)
periods of inactivity in excess of 12 calendar months;
(8) ring record for the past twenty-four
months;
(9) weight, including
fluctuations in weight; and
(10)
any health or mental condition that may contribute to the lack of ability to
perform.
(e) The
executive director may request medical tests to prove gender of a
contestant.
(f) The executive
director, or his designee, may recognize and enforce disciplinary sanctions,
disqualification, or medical suspensions imposed by other combative sport
authorities. If the executive director, or his designee, proposes to deny
licensure based on action of another jurisdiction, the applicant has a right to
an opportunity for a hearing.
(g)
Selection and Assignment of Ring Officials
(1) The executive director, or his designee,
will assign ring officials to ensure the highest degree of safety for
contestants. The department will assist ring officials in developing expertise
in the combative sports of their choice, to include training and shadow
officiating.
(A) Ringside Physicians must
hold a license as defined by §61.10(15); and
(B) Demonstrate by training, education, or
experience, knowledge in the diagnoses and treatment of sports related
trauma.
(2) To officiate
at an assigned event, a ring official will be issued a department badge after
executing a signed acknowledgement agreeing to the following terms.
(A) The badge is the property of the
department and may only be used at an event to which the ring official has been
assigned.
(B) A ring official shall
surrender the badge at any time at the direction of the executive director, or
his designee, if used to gain access to a regulated event the ring official has
not been assigned to work or for any other reason that violates department
rules or the code.
(C) Failure to
surrender the badge upon direction of the executive director or his designee
may result in disciplinary action and removal from the pool of qualified ring
officials.
(3) The key
determining factors for assigning ring officials are:
(A) the ring official's level of expertise in
connection with the level of expertise required for a particular bout and a
particular combative sport;
(B) the
location of the event;
(C) the
location of the ring official's residence; and
(D) any other factors as determined by the
executive director.
(4)
A ring official who declines to work an event may be removed from the pool of
qualified ring officials.
(5) The
name of a ring official who declines to work an event five times in succession
will be removed from the pool of qualified ring officials.
(6) A ring official who uses his badge to
gain access to a regulated event to which he has not been assigned or who
violates department rules or the code may be removed from the pool of qualified
ring officials.
(7) In order to be
reinstated to the pool of qualified ring officials, a ring official may be
required to complete additional training as determined by the executive
director, in addition to any other qualifications.
(h) The executive director, or his designee,
shall assign two timekeepers for each event, one to keep time and one to count
for knock-downs.
(i) The executive
director, or his designee, may eject any person from an event who violates
department rules or the Code.
(j)
The executive director, or his designee, will not approve matches between
contestants in different weight categories, except by weight tolerances as
stated in §61.105.
(k) The
executive director, or his designee, will not approve matches between
genders.
(l) The executive
director, or his designee, may waive the application of a rule to an event if
he determines that such waiver will not negatively affect the safety of any
contestant and that the spirit of the Code and this chapter is served by such
waiver. The waiver must be in writing or later confirmed in writing.
(m) Licensure or registration does not
automatically authorize an individual to participate in an event.
(n) A decision rendered after a contest is
final and shall not be changed unless:
(1)
following the rendition of a decision the executive director determines that
any one of the following occurred:
(A) the
compilation of the score card of the judges shows an error which would mean
that the decision was given to the wrong contestant;
(B) there was a violation of the laws or
rules and regulations governing combative sports which affected the result of
any bout; or
(C) the winner of a
bout tested positive immediately before or after the bout for a substance
listed in §61.47(q).
(2) If the executive director determines that
any of paragraph (1)(A) - (C) occurred with regards to any bout then the
decision rendered shall be changed as the executive director may
direct.
(o) The
executive director, or his designee, may approve championship or title bouts if
the department has recognized the sponsoring sanctioning organization as a
legitimate combative sport organization.
(p) The executive director, or his designee,
may require of a contestant, neurological or other medical testing.
(q) The executive director, or his designee,
shall have sole control over the technical zone including but not limited to
who may be admitted to the zone.
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