68-115-501 - Compliance with specified federal act Membership authorized Use of guidelines to promulgate rules. - Tennessee Statutes

68-115-501. Compliance with specified federal act Membership authorized Use of guidelines to promulgate rules.

(a)  This chapter shall be in full compliance with the federal Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, as amended by the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, compiled in 15 USC § 6301, et seq.

(b)  The Tennessee athletic commission is directed to become a member of the Association of Boxing Commissions, with costs associated with the membership in the association to be paid out of commission revenue and to use the regulatory guidelines adopted by the Association of Boxing Commissions and any amendments made to those regulatory guidelines in promulgating rules for the regulation of boxing.

(c)  The Tennessee athletic commission is directed to use the Mixed Martial Arts Unified Rules as adopted and established in other states and professional associations as the regulatory guideline to promulgate rules for the regulation of mixed martial arts.

(d)  The Tennessee athletic commission is directed to use as a regulatory guideline to promulgate rules those rules recognized by the International Kickboxing Federation (IKF), the International Sport Kickboxing Association (ISKA) and the World Karate Association (WKA).

[Acts 2008, ch. 1149, § 2.]