9.12. Rules

This unit will abide by the following rules:

1. No member shall use any flashing emergency type lights or sirens (skits excluded).

2. No member shall drink any intoxicating beverage one hour before nor during any outing, while in costume.

3. No member shall drink any intoxicating beverage in costume before the public (defined as outside of closed doors).

4. No member shall wear a costume or use any equipment that may be offensive to the Unit, Shrine, or to the public.

5. No member shall touch women while in costume which may be considered offensive to this Unit, Shrine, or to the public.

6. No member shall throw items of any kind during parades. Items may be handed out.

7. No member shall use any obscene gestures or language while appearing in costume, makeup, or uniform.

8. No member shall impersonate a woman or minority group.

9. No member shall smoke in costume in public (dead cigar butts allowed for tramp costume).

10. No member shall use any live animals or fowl, domestic or wild, nor reptiles (service animals are excepted).

11. No member shall not use full or partial face masks of any kind (medical/N95 masks excepted).

12. No member shall abuse spectators by subjecting them to practical humiliating jokes, squirting, or shocking them.

13. No member shall write on any part of the body nor clothing being worn on the body.

14. No member shall hold or pick up any children at any time while in costume.

15. No member shall allow females into the dressing rooms at any time without express directorial approval.

16. No member shall allow non-members to dress for outings, except by authorization of the director.

Any member violates these rules will be verbally informed as such by the outing chairman or Unit director.

Any members who continues to violate these rules is subject to removal from the unit by order of the board.