Sec. 44. (a) The commission may summarily suspend a licensee’s license for ninety (90) days before a final adjudication or during the appeals process if the commission finds that a licensee represents a clear and immediate danger to the public’s health, safety, or
property if the licensee is allowed to continue to participate in
boxing,
sparring, or
unarmed combat matches, contests, or exhibitions. The summary suspension may be renewed upon a hearing before the commission, and each renewal may be for not more than ninety (90) days.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-33-22-44
- Allegation: something that someone says happened.
- boxing: means the art of attack and defense with the fists, or feet in the case of kickboxing, practiced as a sport. See Indiana Code 4-33-22-1
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- sparring: means combat in which participants intend to and actually:
Indiana Code 4-33-22-5
- unarmed combat: means the practice, or any related practice, of mixed martial arts or martial arts. See Indiana Code 4-33-22-7
(b) Before the commission may summarily suspend a license under this section, the commission shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the licensee of:
(1) a hearing by the commission to suspend the licensee’s license; and
(2) information regarding the allegation against the licensee.
The commission shall also notify the licensee that the licensee may provide a written or an oral statement to the commission on the licensee’s behalf before the commission issues an order for summary suspension. A reasonable attempt to notify the licensee is made if the commission attempts to notify the licensee by telephone or facsimile at the last telephone number or facsimile number of the licensee on file with the commission.
As added by P.L.113-2010, SEC.11.