USPSA Handgun Competition Rules January 2008

support staff and the provision of services. His authority and decisions
will prevail with regard to all matters except in respect of matters in
these rules which are the domain of the Range Master. The Match
Director is appointed by the host organization and works with the
Range Master.
7.1.8 Tournament Director (“TD”) – has the same responsibilities of the
Match Director, but on completion of the TD course, will receive an
official certification and brassard indicating that the individual has met
the criteria to put on Level III or higher level matches.
7.2 Discipline of Match Officials
7.2.1 The Range Master has authority over all Match Officials other than the
Match Director (except when the Match Director is actually participating
as a competitor at the match), and is responsible for decisions in
matters concerning conduct and discipline.
7.2.2 In the event that a Match Official is disciplined, the Range Master must
send a report of the incident and details of the disciplinary action to the
Director of NROI.
7.2.3 A Match Official who is disqualified from a match for a safety infraction
while competing will continue to be eligible to serve as a Match
Official for the match. The Range Master will make any decision related
to an official’s participation.
7.2.4 All match officials are subject to the current published Range Officer
Discipline Policy, which is posted on the NROI.org web site.
7.3 Appointment of Officials
7.3.1 Match organizers must, prior to commencement of a match, appoint a
Match Director and a Range Master to carry out the duties detailed in
these rules. The nominated Range Master should preferably be the most
competent and experienced certified Range Official present (see Rule
7.1.6). For Level I and Level II matches a single person may be
appointed to be both the Match Director and the Range Master.
7.3.2 References in these rules to Range Officials (e.g. “Range Officer”,
“Range Master” etc.), mean personnel who have been officially
appointed by match organizers to actually serve in an official capacity
at the match. Persons who are certified Range Officials, but who are
actually participating in the match as regular competitors, have no
standing or authority as Range Officials for that match. Such persons
should therefore not participate in the match wearing garments bearing
Range Official insignia.
7.3.3 Matches of all Levels shall publicly publish or announce to competitors,
the identity of the Match Director, Range Master, Stats Officer or
other match officials as appropriate to the level of match.
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