Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 6040
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 6040
- Contestant: includes both amateur and professional mixed martial arts competitors. See
- Director: means the Director of the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation. See
- Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Mixed martial arts: means unarmed combat involving the use, subject to any applicable limits set forth in this subchapter and in any rules adopted in accordance with this subchapter, of a combination of techniques, including grappling, kicking, and striking, from different disciplines of martial arts. See
- mixed martial arts match: includes amateur matches and exhibitions. See
- Office: means the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation. See
- Participant: means individuals who participate, directly or indirectly, in mixed martial arts matches, including managers, referees, match makers, seconds, corners, and judges. See
- Promoter: means any person, club, corporation, or association and, in the case of a corporate promoter, includes any officer, director, employee, or stockholder thereof, who produces, arranges, or stages any mixed martial arts match. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 6040. Unprofessional conduct
(a) All persons. All persons licensed under this subchapter are subject to 3 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 5, subchapter 3, including the unprofessional conduct items established under 3 V.S.A. § 129a.
(b) Contestants. In addition to the items set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a, it shall be unprofessional conduct for a contestant to do any of the following:
(1) engage in a mixed martial arts match after a physician, licensed under 26 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 23 or 26 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 33, certifies, following an annual examination or an examination before, during, or within seven days after a match and carried out in accordance with this subchapter and rules adopted in accordance with this subchapter, that the contestant is not in a physical condition to engage in a mixed martial arts match;
(2) engage in a mixed martial arts match when suspended or prohibited from competing in a mixed martial arts match by any entity that regulates mixed martial arts;
(3) engage in a mixed martial arts match when the contestant’s license to engage in mixed martial arts, as a contestant, promoter, or participant, is suspended in any other state or jurisdiction;
(4) engage in a mixed martial arts match less than 30 days after competing as a contestant in another mixed martial arts match;
(5) engage in a mixed martial arts match less than 60 days after having been knocked out in a mixed martial arts match or less than 30 days after having been technically knocked out in a mixed martial arts match; or
(6) any other activity as established by the Director in rules adopted in accordance with this subchapter.
(c) Promoters. In addition to the items set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a, it shall be unprofessional conduct for a promoter to do any of the following:
(1) fail to submit a required report or information to the Office within the time period and with the information, taxes, and fees required under this subchapter and in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter;
(2) directly or indirectly have any financial interest in an individual competing in a mixed martial arts match arranged by the promoter;
(3) engage a contestant who is suspended or prohibited from competing in mixed martial arts matches by any state or jurisdiction to compete in a match held by the promoter;
(4) conduct a mixed martial arts match with no ambulance present;
(5) conduct a mixed martial arts match with no physician present;
(6) conduct a mixed martial arts match without a referee present; or
(7) any other activity as established by the Director in rules adopted in accordance with this subchapter.
(d) Participants. In addition to the items set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a, it shall be unprofessional conduct for a participant to do any of the following:
(1) for a referee, to unreasonably fail to comply with the rules adopted by the Director in accordance with this subchapter for the conduct of a mixed martial arts match;
(2) for a referee, match-maker, or judge, to directly or indirectly have any financial interest in an individual competing in a mixed martial arts match at which the referee, match-maker, or judge is acting as a judge, match-maker, or referee; or
(3) any other activity as established by the Director in rules adopted in accordance with this subchapter. (Added 2021, No. 69, § 15.)