Athletic Division of the Indiana Gaming Commission
MMA LAWS AND REGULATIONS
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- (b) The following definitions apply throughout this document unless
otherwise indicated:
- "Amateur mixed martial arts" means an individual participating in
mixed martial arts under IC 4-33-22-18 who:
- (A) has never received a purse or prize with a value greater than one
hundred dollars ($100) in any state, country, or tribal nation; and
- The State will allow title belts of a greater
value (Within reason) to be given and allow them to keep amateur status.
- (B) does not hold a license as a professional mixed martial artist or
professional boxer issued by any state, country, or tribal nation.
- "Amateur mixed martial arts bout" means a bout in which only:
- (A) mixed martial arts is conducted; and
- (B) amateur mixed martial artists participate.
- "Amateur mixed martial arts event" means an event in which only a
series of amateur mixed martial arts bouts occur.
- "Commission" means the Indiana gaming commission.
- "Commission representative" means any individual appointed by the
executive director or his designee to attend an event for purposes of ensuring
compliance with all requirements of IC 4-33-22 and this document.
- "Company" means a:
- (A) sole proprietorship;
- (B) general partnership;
- (C) corporation;
- (D) limited liability company;
- (E) limited partnership;
- (F) limited liability partnership;
- (G) firm;
- (H) club; or
- (I) association.
- "Confirmed positive test result" means a result of a test,
conducted in accordance with the procedures in this document, indicating the
presence of a prohibited drug.
- "Drug" means a substance that is one (1) of the following:
- (A) Recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official
Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official national formulary,
or a supplement to one (1) or more of them.
- (B) Intended for use in the:
- (i) diagnosis;
- (ii) cure;
- (iii) mitigation;
- (iv) treatment; or
- (v) prevention;
- of disease in humans or other animals.
- (C) Intended to affect the structure or a function of the body of a human
or other animal, not including food.
- (D) Intended for use as a component of another substance described in
clause (A), (B), or (C).
- (9) "Event" means:
- (A) a professional-amateur unarmed combat match, contest, exhibition, or
performance; or
- (B) an amateur unarmed combat match, contest, exhibition, or performance.
- (10) "Event physician" means an individual licensed as a
physician under IC 25-22.5 who has been:
- (10) "Event physician" means an individual licensed as a
physician under IC 25-22.5 who has been:
- (A) retained by a promoter; and
- (B) approved by the sanctioning body;
- to serve as the physician at an event.
- "Executive director" means the executive director of the Indiana
gaming commission.
- "Fighting area" means a:
- (A) roped area; or
- (B) caged area;
- in which amateur unarmed combat bouts are conducted.
- (13) "Key person" means any:
- (A) officer;
- (B) director;
- (C) executive;
- (D) employee;
- (E) trustee;
- (F) substantial owner;
- (G) independent contractor; or
- (H) agent;
- of a business entity, having the power to exercise, either alone or in
conjunction with others, management or operating authority over a business
entity or affiliate or affiliates thereof.
- "Laboratory" means a health care facility which conducts testing
for:
- (A) the presence of antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);
- (B) the presence of the surface antigen of the hepatitis B virus;
- (C) the presence of antibodies to the hepatitis C virus;
- (D) pregnancy; and
- (E) the presence of drugs.
- "Officials" means the judges, referees, and timekeepers serving
in an official capacity during an event.
- "Professional-amateur mixed martial arts event" means an event in
which both Amateur mixed martial arts bouts and professional mixed martial
artist bouts occur.
- "Professional mixed martial arts competitor," as defined in IC
4-33-22-8, means a person who:
- (A) has received, has been eligible to receive, or is presently eligible to
receive a purse or prize with a value greater than one hundred dollars ($100)
for participating in an unarmed combat bout in any other state, country, or
tribal nation; and
- The State will allow title belts of a greater
value (Within reason) to be given and allow them to keep amateur status.
- (B) satisfies the commission's requirements for licensure as a professional
mixed martial arts competitor.
- "Professional mixed martial arts bout" means an unarmed combat
bout in which only professional unarmed competitors participate.
- "Prohibited drugs" means a drug that falls within one (1) of the
following classes or types of substances:
- (A) Opiates.
- (B) Methadone.
- (C) Barbiturates.
- (D) Amphetamines.
- (E) Benzodiazepines.
- (F) Propoxyphene.
- (G) Cocaine.
- (H) PCP.
- (I) Anabolic steroids.
- (J) Performance enhancing drugs.
- (K) Any drug identified on the most current edition of the Prohibited List
published by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
- (L) A drug other than one that has been either:
- (i) purchased legally without a prescription, if a medical professional
acting within the scope of his or her license or certification has certified
that the drug will not affect the amateur unarmed competitor's ability to
participate safely in a bout and the event physician agrees; or
- (ii) obtained by the amateur unarmed competitor under a valid prescription
or order of a licensed or certified medical professional acting within the scope
of his or her license or certification, if the medical professional has
certified that the drug will not affect the amateur unarmed competitor's ability
to participate safely in a bout and the event physician agrees.
- "Purse" means:
- (A) a monetary payment received for participating in an unarmed combat bout
or
- (B) any good or service with pecuniary value received for participating in
an unarmed combat bout.
- "Sanctioning body" means an individual or company licensed by the
commission under IC 4-33- 22-18 and this document to provide oversight of:
- (A) the amateur mixed martial arts bouts at a professional-amateur mixed
martial arts event; and
- (B) an amateur mixed martial arts event.
- "Substantial owner" means any:
- (A) person who is not an institutional investor, who holds any direct,
indirect, or attributed legal or beneficial interest, and whose combined direct,
indirect, or attributed interest is five percent (5%) or more ownership interest
in a business entity; or
- (B) institutional investor holding fifteen percent (15%) or more ownership
interest in a business entity.
- SECTION 7
Promoter’s
Sanctioning Body Requirements
- (a) This SECTION applies to amateur mixed martial arts.
- (b) The promoter of an event must submit to the sanctioning body, by the
deadline established by the sanctioning body, the final proposed fight card for
the event, including the following information for each amateur mixed martial
artist:
- (1) Name.
- (2) Mixed martial arts national identification number.
- (3) Laboratory results, not more than one (1) year old from the date of the
event, affirming the negative test results of the amateur mixed martial artist
for:
- (A) antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);
- (B) the surface antigen of the hepatitis B virus; and
- (C) antibodies to the hepatitis C virus.
- (4) A written statement from a licensed physician, not more than one (1)
year old from the date of the event the amateur mixed martial artist seeks to
participate in, affirming that the amateur mixed martial artist has undergone a
thorough medical examination and is physically fit and qualified to participate
in amateur mixed martial arts. This examination must take place at the office of
the licensed physician. Pre-bout physicals required under SECTION 9 of this
document do not satisfy this requirement.
- (5) For female amateur mixed martial artists:
- (A) laboratory results, not more than five (5) days old from the date of
the event, affirming the negative test results for pregnancy; or
- (B) two (2) negative over-the-counter pregnancy tests, taken by the mixed
martial artist, and approved by the sanctioning body and the event physician,
on-site at the event.
- (c) The sanctioning body must notify the commission immediately if the
promoter has failed to submit any information required by this document by the
sanctioning body's required deadline.
- (d) An amateur mixed martial artist who fails to have the documentation
required under this SECTION on file with the sanctioning body shall not be
permitted to participate in a mixed martial arts bout.
- SECTION 8
Physician Requirements
- (a) This SECTION applies to amateur mixed martial arts.
- (b) There must be present at each event a minimum of one (1) event
physician licensed under IC 25-22.5 who has been:
- (1) selected by the promoter; and
- (2) approved by the sanctioning body.
- (c) The sanctioning body, at its discretion, may require the promoter to
provide additional licensed physicians for the event.
- (d) An event physician must be present directly outside the fighting area
to provide immediate emergency medical care at all times a bout is in progress.
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(e) An event physician must:
- (1) enter the fighting area immediately after the conclusion of a bout to
examine each amateur mixed martial artist; and
- (2) recommend to the sanctioning body any medical suspensions for the
amateur mixed martial artists that the physician determines appropriate.
- SECTION 9
Pre-Bout Physical
Requirements
- (a) This SECTION applies to amateur mixed martial arts.
- (b) When scheduled to participate in an amateur mixed martial arts bout, an
amateur mixed martial artist must be examined by the event physician no more
than two (2) hours prior to the scheduled start time of the event.
- (c) If the event physician so finds, he or she must certify, in writing,
over his or her signature, that the amateur mixed martial artist is physically
fit to participate in the event. The event physician's certification of physical
fitness to participate must be delivered to a sanctioning body representative
before the event.
- (d) An amateur mixed martial artist who fails to obtain the event
physician's certification of physical fitness required under this SECTION shall
not be permitted to participate in a mixed martial arts bout.
- SECTION 10
Ambulance Requirements
- (a) This SECTION applies to amateur mixed martial arts.
- (b) The promoter of an event must provide:
- (1) a minimum of one (1) advanced life support ambulance, fully equipped in
accordance with 836 IAC 2; and
- (2) medical personnel to staff said ambulance who are certified under IC
16-31-3 to provide advanced life support patient care; to be present on-site at
all times to provide emergency medical services to the event participants while
a bout is in progress.
- (c) Certified medical personnel from the ambulance must be present directly
outside the fighting area with all equipment required by the current protocols
established by the medical director, as defined in 836 IAC 1, to provide
immediate emergency medical care at all times while a bout is in progress
- (d) The sanctioning body must ensure that the proposed venue for the event
is an appropriate distance from a hospital with a full-time emergency department
and treatment facilities, as is determined by the sanctioning body.
- SECTION 11
Insurance Coverage
Requirements for Fighters
- (a) This SECTION applies to amateur mixed martial arts.
- (b) The promoter of an event must obtain:
- (1) medical benefit coverage for each amateur mixed martial artist
participating in an amateur mixed martial arts bout in an amount not less than
five thousand dollars ($5,000), which shall provide for medical, surgical, and
hospital care for injuries sustained by the amateur mixed martial artist while
participating in the bout; and
- (2) accidental death benefit coverage for each amateur mixed martial artist
participating in an amateur mixed martial arts bout in an amount not less than
five thousand dollars ($5,000), which shall be paid to the amateur mixed martial
artist's estate in the event of the amateur mixed martial artist's death
resulting from participation in the bout.
- (c) Deductibles for the required medical benefit coverage must be paid by
the promoter.
- (d) The promoter must submit proof to the sanctioning body, by the deadline
established by the sanctioning body, that the required medical and accidental
death benefit coverage required under this SECTION has been obtained for each
amateur mixed martial artist participating in an amateur mixed martial arts
bout.
- SECTION 12
On-Site Requirements
for Sanctioning Bodies; Commission Presence and Admissio
- (a) This SECTION applies to amateur mixed martial arts.
- (b) There must be present at each event at least one (1) representative
from the sanctioning body to provide for the on-site regulation of the event.
- (c) The sanctioning body may send as many representatives as it determines
is necessary.
- (d) Each sanctioning body representative assigned to an event under this
SECTION must be responsible for ensuring that all provisions of IC 4-33-22-18
and this document are strictly observed.
- (e) The executive director or his designee may appoint a commission
representative to be present at an event for purposes of ensuring compliance
with IC 4-33-22 and this document.
- (f) Commission representatives must be admitted free of charge, upon
presentation of credentials issued by the commission, to an event.
- (g) Fighting area apron seats must be provided to commission
representatives who have been assigned by the executive director or his designee
to observe the event.
- (h) The sanctioning body representative or commission representative
assigned to an event may cancel or delay the event if it does not meet the
requirements of IC 4-33-22-18 or this document.
- SECTION 13
Event Report
Requirements
- (a) This SECTION applies to amateur mixed martial arts.
- (b) For each event at which a sanctioning body is responsible for providing
on-site regulation, the sanctioning body must file with the commission a
completed event report on forms prescribed by the commission, within five (5)
business days of the conclusion of the event.
- SECTION 14
Prohibition Against
Acting as an Official
- (a) This SECTION applies to amateur mixed martial arts.
- (b) The following may not act as an event official for an amateur mixed
martial arts bout if they hold a promoter's license in Indiana:
- (1) A sole proprietor.
- (2) A company's:
- (A) principal owner;
- (B) substantial owner;
- (C) key person;
- (D) an employee; or
- (E) an agent.
- SECTION 15
Drug Testing
Requirements
- (a) This SECTION applies to amateur mixed martial arts.
- (b) An amateur mixed martial artist is not permitted to participate at an
event if the amateur mixed martial artist has a prohibited drug in his or her
possession or control.
- (c) The sanctioning body may order an amateur mixed martial artist
scheduled to participate at an event to submit a test for the detection of a
prohibited drug.
- (d) Each amateur mixed martial artist participating in a championship
amateur mixed martial arts bout must submit to a test for prohibited drugs.
- (e) On the day of the event, a representative of the sanctioning body will
inform the amateur mixed martial artist that he or she has been selected for a
test. The amateur mixed martial artist must submit to a test at the conclusion
of the bout.
- (f) An amateur mixed martial artist may not refuse to submit to a test
ordered under this document. An amateur mixed martial artist will be found to
have failed the test if he or she refuses to submit to the testing procedures
under this document.
- SECTION 16
Changing of Bout
Results Pertaining to Drug Test Results (a) This
- (a) This SECTION applies to amateur mixed martial arts.
- (b) If an amateur mixed martial artist has:
- (1) a confirmed positive drug test result from a sample taken immediately
following the amateur mixed martial artist's bout; or
- (2) failed to submit to a test; and was declared the winner of the bout,
the official bout result shall be changed to no contest.
- (c) If an amateur mixed martial artist has:
- (1) a confirmed positive drug test result from a sample taken immediately
following the amateur mixed martial artist's bout; or
- (2) failed to submit to a test; and was declared the loser of the bout, the
official bout result shall remain unchanged.
- SECTION 17
Requirement to Register
Events on Website Registry Certified or Operated by the Association of Boxing
Commissions
- (a) This SECTION applies to amateur mixed martial arts.
- (b) A promoter must register each event with the website registry certified
or operated by the Association of Boxing Commissions prior to the start of the
event.
- SECTION 18
General Requirements;
Cancellation of Event; Disciplinary Action
- (a) This SECTION applies to amateur mixed martial arts.
- (b) The sanctioning body responsible for providing oversight of an event
must:
- (1) Ensure the provisions of IC 4-33-22-18 and this document are enforced.
- (2) Immediately advise the commission in the event the sanctioning body or
a promoter violates a provision of IC 4-33-22-18 or this document.
- (3) Provide the commission with the final fight card prior to the start of
the event.
- (4) Submit the:
- (A) official results for all amateur mixed martial arts bouts; and
- (B) recommended medical and nonmedical suspensions of any amateur mixed
martial artist; to the commission one (1) business day after the event for entry
into the website registry certified or operated by the Association of Boxing
Commissions.
- (c) Failure of the sanctioning body or promoter to comply with the
provisions of IC 4-33-22-18 and this document may result in:
- (1) Cancellation of:
- (A) a professional-amateur mixed martial arts event; or
- (B) an amateur mixed martial arts event.
- (2) Disciplinary action, including license suspension, revocation, or
denial under IC 4-33-22 and IC 4-21.5.
- SECTION 19
Rule Deviations
- (a) This SECTION applies to amateur mixed martial arts.
- (b) The executive director or the commission may approve deviations from
the provisions of this document if the executive director or the commission
determines that the:
- (1) procedure or requirement is impractical or burdensome; and
- (2) alternative means of satisfying the procedure or requirement:
- (A) fulfill the purpose of the document;
- (B) are in the best interest of the public and the mixed martial arts
industry in Indiana; and
- (C) do not violate IC 4-33-22.
- (c) If a licensee wishes to request a deviation from the provisions of this
document, the licensee must do so in writing.
LSA Document #11-168(E)
Filed with Publisher: March 21, 2011, 9:53 a.m.
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