Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 104 – Investigative authority; complaints
(a) The Director, or the Director’s designee, shall investigate either by complaint or sua sponte all allegations of violation of statutory or regulatory provisions regulating combative sports and combative sports entertainment in the State, and in doing so, an agent of the Division may enter, at a reasonable time and without prior notice, any place of business or other establishment or building in which activity alleged to violate this chapter may occur. All violations shall be investigated as prescribed in § 8735(h) of Title 29. The Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee, shall have the authority to suspend or revoke any license or permit or to impose an administrative penalty on any licensee or permittee for any violation of this statute or any rules or regulations made pursuant thereto. Any license may be suspended pending a hearing before the Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee, for any statutory or regulatory violation which, in the opinion of the Director, or the Director’s designee presents an imminent threat to the safety of the contestants or to the health, welfare or safety of the general public. The Director, or the Director’s designee, shall immediately inform the promoter of the combative sports and/or combative sports entertainment event and the manager of each contestant in the event of the nature of the violation and the reason for the suspension. All violations shall be heard by the Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee within 30 days of the suspension. All hearings regarding statutory or regulatory violations shall be governed by the provisions set forth in the Delaware Administrative Procedures Act, Chapter 101 of Title 29. The proceeds of all administrative penalties imposed by the Secretary shall be paid to the Division.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 104
- Combative sports: shall include all professional boxing and mixed martial arts and all amateur boxing and mixed martial arts. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- Combative sports entertainment: include d but not limited to "celebrity boxing" "entertainment boxing" and all such similar terms or names shall mean a display of skill for the purpose of entertaining an audience, consisting of choreographed or simulated combat in which techniques commonly used in combative sports are employed by participants. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Contestant: shall mean a person who competes in any licensed combative sports event or permitted combative sports entertainment event. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- Director: shall mean the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation of the Department of State. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- Division: shall mean the Division of Professional Regulation of the Department of State. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- Event: shall mean an organized series of contests and/or individual matches presented as a single occasion. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- Promoter: shall mean any person, regardless of job title, who arranges, advertises, produces, stages or conducts a combative sports or combative sports entertainment event. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- Secretary: means the Secretary of State or designee. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 102
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(b) Any person wishing to make a complaint against any licensee or permittee shall file such a complaint in the form and manner set forth in § 8735(h) of Title 29.
76 Del. Laws, c. 413, § ?2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 438, § ?20;