Title 19 Part 210

All contests and exhibitions shall be approved in advance by the commission. Before approving any contest or exhibition, the commission may inquire into the relative merits of the combatants, their past records, and whether or not they are suitable opponents, and the commission may disapprove any contest or exhibition which is not in the best interest of boxing or mixed martial arts or of the health of any of the participants.

No boxing or mixed martial arts program for which a license has been issued shall be canceled or postponed without the consent of the commission.

All promoters shall safeguard the premises where weigh-ins, contests or exhibitions are conducted to insure to the commission's satisfaction that adequate protection against disorderly conduct has been provided. Any disorderly act, assault or breach of decorum on the part of any licensee at such premises is prohibited.

Licensed promoters shall provide, at each of the premises where matches or exhibitions are conducted, a special private room for the exclusive use of the judges, referees, timekeepers and commission representatives. No other persons shall be allowed to enter such rooms, unless otherwise directed or authorized in writing by the commission.

No person shall be admitted to any contest or exhibition unless he or she holds a ticket of admission, with the exception of:

No standing room, seating or roll tickets shall be sold for any contest or exhibition in an amount resulting in attendance exceeding the authorized capacity of the venue in which the match or exhibition takes place.

Promoters shall have available in the main box office a chart which plainly indicates the location of all reserved seats.

All tickets or credentials issued to the working press shall be appropriately marked. The rows of working press seats shall be consecutively lettered and each seat numbered. There must be adequate aisle space between the end of the working press section and the beginning of the ringside section. Distribution of working press tickets and credentials shall be limited in accordance with the actual number of seats provided at ringside for the accommodation of actively engaged representatives of news media. Such seats shall be occupied only by persons thus actively engaged.

All complimentary tickets shall be clearly so designated.

Distribution of employees' and participants' tickets shall be limited strictly to persons in these classifications, and such tickets shall not be transferable.

The commission may direct that any person whose license has been revoked or suspended by the commission for conduct detrimental to the best interests of boxing or mixed martial arts shall not be issued a ticket for, or be admitted to or remain at, any professional boxing or professional mixed martial arts contest or exhibition within the State of New York. Any such person found in attendance at any boxing or mixed martial arts contest or exhibition may be removed therefrom.

The authorized representative of any promoter holding a contest or exhibition shall submit in writing to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance within 10 days after the close of the contest or exhibition, an “Athletic Tax Report” or other applicable tax form showing the number of each class of tickets sold, unsold or unused, and permit the commission or the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance to examine all sold, unsold or unused tickets, stub coupons, the financial records of the event, and cooperate with and assist the commission or the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance to investigate any other matters relating to the receipts and conduct of the box office and ticket takers. The ticket tally must conform to the manifest issued by the ticket printer and shall be signed by the authorized representative of the promoter. Each promoter shall prepare the necessary and proper tax returns as are required by law. Promoters shall comply with the various requirements imposed under article 19 of the Tax Law, such as paying tax, filing returns and keeping records.

All promoters, in distributing the receipts of any contest or exhibition where a licensed participant is to be compensated based on a percentage of the gate, shall first deduct all sums due for Federal and State taxes and then deduct all sums due for payments to the referee, judges, physicians and other assigned officials, and for insurance premiums. Thereafter, the balance may be distributed in accordance with the amounts or percentages agreed upon and approved for the compensation of the participants.

Changes in the announced or advertised programs for any main bout contest shall be filed with and approved by the commission at least 48 hours before the weighing-in time of the contest, unless otherwise directed or authorized by the commission. Notices of such change or substitution shall also be included in any public announcement or advertisement relating to the card, and shall be conspicuously posted at all box offices on the premises and announced from the ring before the opening bout. If any of the patrons apply for refunds on tickets already purchased, the promoters shall make such refunds upon demand, provided such tickets are presented at the box office on the date of the program and before the commencement of the second bout or the main bout, whichever comes first.

In the event of rain or other inclement weather occurring immediately before or during the course of any outdoor contest or exhibition, except during the course of the main event or a co-main event, the promoter may postpone the card with the approval of the commission to such time and at such place as is approved by the commission. An announcement giving the full details of the postponement shall forthwith be made by the promoter, and any patron desiring a refund of the purchase price of his or her ticket may apply for and shall receive the same at the box office of the promoter on the premises, except when the main bout or co-main bout is held on a rain-out date indicated on the ticket. All contestants who have fulfilled their contracts before the advent of the inclement weather shall be paid in full, and on the postponed date, substitute bouts in such number and of such duration as are approved by the commission shall be provided by the promoter.

In the event of threatening weather or rain, an outdoor contest or exhibition may be rearranged or shortened by the promoter with the approval of the commission.

In the event that inclement weather occurs during the progress of the main event at an outdoor card, such card shall be continued, postponed or stopped in the discretion of the commission. If a card is stopped before the main event has concluded, the provisions of this Part shall apply as to postponements and refunds.

All participants and officials in contests or exhibitions other than a main event or co-main event who were unable to perform because of weather conditions, a rearrangement, cancellation or shortening of a contest or exhibition, shall have such of their expenses and other fees paid by the promoter as the commission may direct.

Weigh-ins, contests and exhibitions shall be held only at premises approved by the commission.

The promoter shall provide suitable separate ringside seats for the judges, timekeepers, physicians, commission representatives, and any other person designated by the commission which shall be approved by the commission before the commencement of any card. The promoter shall also provide seats in each combatant's corner for the occupancy of the inspectors and deputy commissioners on duty at the program, which shall be approved by the commission before the commencement of any card.

All professional boxing and professional mixed martial arts promoters shall provide medical information, facilities and equipment, including but not limited to a stretcher and emergency oxygen, adequate for emergency occasions, and all such medical facilities and equipment shall be approved in advance by the commission. Specifications of the commission for such medical information and equipment, and for the platform, padding and the covering may be prescribed by the commission from time to time and forwarded by the commission to each promoter. The promoters at all professional boxing and professional mixed martial arts contests or exhibitions shall have attending physicians at ringside, in such number as required by the commission in its discretion, and at least one ambulance with medical attendants consisting of at least one paramedic available at the site of the event at all times during competition and until such time as the attending physicians’ completion of all post-bout medical evaluations and all combatants in the program have exited the venue, unless otherwise directed or authorized by the commission.

No one shall be allowed in a combatant’s dressing room except his or her manager, seconds, commission representatives, and such other persons specifically authorized by the commission in accordance with commission policy. The promoter shall post a sign to this effect conspicuously at the entrance to all dressing rooms.

The promoter shall have an attendant capable of making emergency repairs, corrections and adjustments to the ring, cage or fighting area, the lights and other necessary fixtures available at all times during a contest or exhibition.

In addition to the ring and ring equipment, the promoter shall supply the following items, which shall be available for use as needed:

Scales used for any official commission weigh-in shall be provided by or approved in advance by the commission.