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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 09.14.17.02" title_num="09" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="17" heading="Organization Supervising Amateur Mixed Martial Arts.">
  <text>An organization seeking to supervise an amateur mixed martial arts contest shall:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Be approved by the Commission;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Ensure that all contests are conducted in accordance with these regulations regarding amateur mixed martial arts;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Have a Commission-approved training and certification program for officials;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Provide the Commission with evidence demonstrating:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A minimum of $100,000 in liability insurance coverage for the officials; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A minimum of $10,000 in medical insurance coverage for the amateur mixed martial arts contestants;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Provide the Commission with any other information it may request, provided the Commission request is neither arbitrary nor capricious;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Ensure the presence of two Commission-approved ringside physicians on-site and at ringside at all times during the amateur mixed martial arts contests being supervised by the organization;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Ensure the presence of the following equipment and personnel on-site at all times during the amateur mixed martial arts contests being supervised by the organization:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A stretcher;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A portable resuscitator or Ambubag with oxygen equipment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A hard cervical collar;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Endotracheal tubes with laryngoscope;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A portable defibrillator;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Advanced life support medications; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>An ambulance crew consisting of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>One emergency medical technician—paramedic (EMT-P); and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>One emergency medical technician—basic (EMT-B);</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Ensure that the officials used by the organization in the supervision of the amateur mixed martial arts contests have been approved by the Commission;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Ensure that none of the amateur mixed martial arts contestants receives any type of purse payment or other form of compensation other than Commission-approved travel expenses;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Obtain from each amateur mixed martial arts contestant a signed affidavit in which the amateur mixed martial arts contestant attests that he or she:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Has been trained in mixed martial arts, including the number of years of the training;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is sufficiently skilled, healthy, and prepared to compete in the scheduled amateur mixed martial arts contest;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Understands the dangers and risks attendant to participating in amateur mixed martial arts;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Waives any claim against the organization supervising the amateur mixed martial arts contest and the Commission related to any injury he or she sustains while participating in amateur mixed martial arts;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Is not under suspension in any jurisdiction or by any organization supervising amateur mixed martial arts contests;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Has never participated in a professional mixed martial arts contest; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Last participated in an amateur mixed martial arts contest on a specified date, and the result of that amateur mixed martial arts contest;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Obtain from the trainer of each amateur mixed martial arts contestant a signed affidavit in which the trainer attests to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The name, address, and telephone number of the gym or school in which the trainer performs his or her duties;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The length of time the trainer has trained the amateur mixed martial arts contestant; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The fact that the amateur mixed martial arts contestant:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is sufficiently skilled, healthy, and prepared to compete in the scheduled amateur mixed martial arts contest;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Has never participated in a professional mixed martial arts contest; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Is not under suspension in any jurisdiction or by any organization supervising professional or amateur mixed martial arts;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>Ensure that there are no exhibition bouts;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>Conduct a weigh-in, which shall be completed not later than 2 hours from the time the weigh-in begins;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="N.">
    <text>Ensure that each amateur mixed martial arts contestants has a:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Comprehensive physical examination conducted by a licensed physician, completed within 30 days of the amateur mixed martial arts contest, stating that the mixed martial arts contestant is healthy to compete in an amateur mixed martial arts contest;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Precontest physical examination conducted by a Commission-approved ringside physician; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Post-contest physical examination immediately following the conclusion of the contest in which the amateur mixed martial arts contestant competes;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="O.">
    <text>Conduct a precontest rules meeting, which shall be attended by each amateur mixed martial arts contestant scheduled to participate in a contest, and disqualify any amateur mixed martial arts contestant who fails to attend;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="P.">
    <text>Inspect the fighting area before the amateur mixed martial arts contest begins; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="Q.">
    <text>Supervise the hand wrapping and glove placement for each amateur mixed martial arts contestant.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>