Inspectors

PURPOSE: This rule defines the duties and responsibilities of inspectors. (1) The office shall assign inspectors as it deems necessary. (2) In all contests, contestants, promoters, matchmakers, judges, referees, timekeepers, seconds, and physicians are under the direction of the office or its inspector(s) at all times. (3) Employees and inspectors of the office cannot have any interest in or connection with, either directly or indirectly, any promotion of either professional boxing, professional wrestling, professional or amateur kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts, or professional full-contact karate, in this state or have any interest, directly or indirectly, in any contest or contestant. (4) The office and its inspectors may supervise the sale of tickets, check the counting of receipts, and enforce all rules of the office. (5) The ticket taker immediately must deposit every admission ticket, pass, or complimentary ticket in a securely locked box. It may be opened only in the presence of the office’s inspector to see that all tickets or passes are carefully counted and reported to the office, along with the price of admission charged for each class of tickets and exchanges and the gross receipts of all tickets and exchanges. In lieu of collecting ticket stubs the office will accept a third party box office print out on the sales of all tickets including complimentary tickets to calculate the athletic tax due. (6) Before the start of a contest, an inspector must check all contestants, promoters, matchmakers, seconds, timekeepers, referees, and physicians for licenses issued by the office. Any of those persons without a current license issued by the office may not participate in the contest, until an application and fee has been received and the application is approved by the office. (7) An inspector must be present in the dressing rooms at the designated time for weighing in contestants and inspecting all equipment. (8) An inspector must examine and approve all hand wrappings being placed on contestants. After approval, all handwraps will be initialed by the inspector present. (9) An inspector must be present when each contestant is being gloved. After approval of the gloving, the tape around the strings must be initialed by the inspector present. AUTHORITY: section 317.006, RSMo Supp. 2018.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 405.010 and 20 CSR 2040-5.010. Original rule filed April 30, 1982, effective Sept 11, 1982. Rescinded and readopted: Filed March 2, 1989, effective May 11, 1989. Amended: Filed Nov. 15, 2001, effective May 30, 2002. Moved to 20 CSR 2040-5.010, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed March 20, 2018, effective Sept. 30, 2018. Rescinded as 20 CSR 2040-5.010 and readopted as 20 CSR 20404.100: Filed Jan. 25, 2019, effective Aug. 30, 2019. *Original authority: 317.006, RSMo 1983, amended 1996, 2007, 2018.