Professional Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts: Issuance of Identification Card; Disciplinary Action for

Falsification or Misuse of Identification Card (1) The Commission will issue an identification card for the purpose of registration pursuant to the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6301 et. seq., to each professional boxer who so applies. The Commission will also issue an identification card for the purpose of registration to each professional mixed martial arts combatant who so applies. The boxer or mixed martial arts combatant shall provide a recent photograph for the identification card and any other information that is requested by the Commission. After an identification card is issued, the boxer or mixed martial arts combatant shall provide any information for the identification card that is requested by the Commission, including, but not limited to, a new or more recent photograph. Identification cards must be renewed every four years. (2) An identification card may not be substituted for the license to engage in unarmed combat. (3) A boxer or mixed martial arts combatant shall present their identification card to the Commission's representative at the scheduled weigh-in for a contest or exhibition and at any other time ordered by the Commission or its representative. The Commission or its designee may prohibit a boxer or mixed martial artist from participating in a scheduled contest if they fail to present the card. (4) A person licensed by the Commission is subject to disciplinary action by the Commission if the person knowingly: (a) Provides false information for an identification card or falsifies or attempts to falsify an identification card, or aids in such acts; (b) Uses or attempts to use an identification card in an unlawful manner or in a manner that is not in the best interests of unarmed combat, or aids in such use; or (c) Otherwise violates the provisions of 523 CMR 8.00.  0DVV5HJLVWHU