68-115-201 - Rules and regulations Hearing. - Tennessee Statutes

68-115-201. Rules and regulations Hearing.

(a)  The commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, emergency rules, to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and to protect and ensure the health, safety and welfare of combatants in professional contests or events of unarmed combat. The commission shall make every effort to promulgate emergency rules no later than sixty (60) days after a quorum of the commission is appointed. The rules and regulations shall be promulgated pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. Any hearing conducted pursuant to this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

(b)  The rules and regulations adopted by the commission shall include, but not be limited to:

     (1)  The number and qualifications of ring officials required at any contest;

     (2)  The powers and duties of ring officials;

     (3)  The qualifications of licensees or permitees;

     (4)  The procedures for supplying a social security number, fingerprint sample and submitting to a criminal history records check; and

     (5)  The procedures for performing medical duties relative to contests.

[Acts 2008, ch. 1149, § 2.]