Licenses

PURPOSE: This rule outlines the requirements and fees for obtaining licenses. (1) All contestants, referees, judges, seconds, physicians, timekeepers, promoters, and matchmakers must apply for and submit the proper fee to be issued a license. All contestants, referees, judges, seconds, physicians, timekeepers, promoters, and matchmakers must be issued a license before participating in a contest. (2) Each applicant for a license shall complete an application as prescribed by the office. The office will not process any application for a license that does not contain the proper fee and all information from the applicant. The office will not refund license fees. All licenses expire on June 30 of each evennumbered year following the date of issuance. (3) An applicant for a professional boxing, professional wrestling, professional and amateur kickboxing, professional full-contact karate, professional mixed martial arts, and amateur mixed martial arts contestant license shall submit to any medical examination or testing ordered by the office. (4) Each contestant shall consistently use the same name in contests and provide the office with the contestant’s legal name and the ring name, if any, to be used in a professional boxing, professional wrestling, professional and amateur kickboxing, professional full-contact karate, professional mixed martial arts, and amateur mixed martial arts bout. The inspector may require all contestants to present photo identification prior to competing in the contest. (5) Licensees must comply with all applicable federal regulations governing professional boxing, professional wrestling, professional and amateur kickboxing, professional fullcontact karate, professional mixed martial arts, and amateur mixed martial arts. (6) If a licensee changes his/her name or address they must notify the office in writing within ten (10) days after the change(s) becomes effective. A name change will require legal documentation approving the name change. (7) The following is a schedule of fees for initial licensure and renewal: (A) Promoter—Professional $400.00 (B) Promoter—Amateur $400.00 (C) Contestant—Professional $ 40.00 (D) Contestant—Amateur $ 40.00 (E) Referee—Professional $ 50.00 (F) Judge—Professional $ 50.00 (G) Matchmaker $200.00 (H) Second $ 30.00 (I) Timekeeper $ 20.00 (J) Physician $ 0.00 (8) The following is a schedule of fees for federal identification cards: (A) Initial and duplicate federal identification card $ 20.00 (9) A surcharge of one dollar ($1.00) will be charged for each ticket sold or issued to an event, including any complimentary tickets to all events regulated by the office. (10) All licenses expire on June 30 of each even-numbered year following the date of issuance. AUTHORITY: section 317.006, RSMo Supp. 2021.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 402.011. Original rule filed April 30, 1982, effective Sept. 11, 1982. Rescinded and readopted: Filed March 2, 1989, effective May 11, 1989. Amended: Filed July 25, 1994, effective Jan. 29, 1995. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Nov. 15, 2001, effective May 30, 2002. Moved to 20 CSR 2040-2.011, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed March 20, 2018, effective Sept. 30, 2018. Emergency amendment filed Aug. 28, 2018, effective Sept. 7, 2018, expired March 5, 2019. Amended: Filed Aug. 28, 2018, effective Feb. 28, 2019. Amended: Filed Feb. 28, 2019, effective Aug. 30, 2019. Amended: Filed Oct. 18, 2021, effective June 30, 2022. *Original authority: 317.006, RSMo 1983, amended 1996, 2007, 2018.