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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="4-310" title_number="4" title_name="Athletics" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Boxing, Kick Boxing, Wrestling, and Mixed Martial Arts">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 4–311 of this subtitle, the Commission may deny a license to an applicant, reprimand a licensee, or suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the applicant or licensee or for another person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>violates this title; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>violates a regulation adopted under this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Instead of or in addition to reprimanding a licensee or suspending or revoking a license under this subsection, the Commission may impose a penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To determine the amount of the penalty imposed under this subsection, the Commission shall consider:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the seriousness of the violation;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the good faith of the violator;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>any previous violations;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>the assets of the violator; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>the harmful effect of the violation on the general public and the sporting industry.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to the grounds in subsection (a) of this section, the Commission may deny a boxer, amateur kick boxer, professional kick boxer, amateur mixed martial arts contestant, or professional mixed martial arts contestant license to an applicant or suspend or revoke a boxer, amateur kick boxer, professional kick boxer, amateur mixed martial arts contestant, or professional mixed martial arts contestant license if the Commission finds that the applicant or licensee is not fit, based on the neurological examination required under §§ 4–304 and 4–314 of this subtitle and the recommendation of the physician who made the examination.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 4–311 of this subtitle, the Commission may suspend or revoke a boxer, amateur kick boxer, professional kick boxer, amateur mixed martial arts contestant, or professional mixed martial arts contestant license and may order the boxer, amateur kick boxer, professional kick boxer, amateur mixed martial arts contestant, or professional mixed martial arts contestant to forfeit the purse or other compensation from the contest if the contestant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>refuses to submit to a drug test required under § 4–315(b) of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>submits a urine or blood sample that tests positive for the presence of a controlled dangerous substance defined in § 5–101 of the Criminal Law Article or other substance that the Commission prohibits by regulation, including human growth hormones, steroids, or other performance enhancing drugs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 4–311 of this subtitle, the Commission shall deny a promoter license to an applicant or revoke a promoter license if the applicant or licensee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>fails to pay the boxing and wrestling tax required under Title 6 or Title 13 of the Tax – General Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>holds or participates in a fake boxing, wrestling, or mixed martial arts contest.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a person fails to pay the boxing and wrestling tax, the Commission shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>impose a penalty not exceeding $5,000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>act to enforce the bond of the promoter.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
