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2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 4 - Applications › Section 18668.

18668. Licensed promoters may engage in promotions with other licensed promoters, so long as each promoter holds a valid, unexpired license, and receives the written approval of the commission prior to the promotion. The co-promoters shall file a bond or bonds sufficient to meet the requirements of Section 18680.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 4 - Applications › Section 18673.

18673. (a) All applications for a manager’s license shall contain a true statement of all persons connected with, or having a proprietary interest in, the management of the boxer or martial arts fighter.
(b) Any application for a manager’s license shall be signed under penalty of perjury by the sole proprietor, a general partner, or an officer of the corporation or association, as the case may be.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 4 - Applications › Section 18674.

18674. All managers shall submit in writing, for prior approval by the commission, any change at any time in the persons connected with or having a proprietary interest in the management of the boxer or martial arts fighter, including any change in the shareholders of a corporate entity.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 4 - Applications › Section 18679.

18679. The commission may issue temporary permits prior to licensure, as provided by regulations of the commission.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 5 - Bonds › Section 18680.

18680. Before any license is issued to any club to conduct, hold, or give a contest or match, other than an amateur contest or match, the applicant shall file a bond with the commission, in an amount determined by the commission, conditioned for the faithful performance by the club of the provisions of this chapter. For the purpose of this section, “faithful performance by the club” shall include the cancellation of a contest or match without good cause once the contest or match has been approved by the commission.
After the issuance of a license to a club, the commission may modify the amount of a bond to insure adequate coverage for payments specified in Section 18684.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 5 - Bonds › Section 18681.

18681. Before any license is issued to any club to conduct, hold, or give an amateur contest or match, the applicant shall file a bond with the commission in an amount not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), conditioned for the faithful performance by the club of the provisions of this chapter. For the purpose of this section, “faithful performance by the club” shall include the cancellation of a contest or match without good cause once the contest or match has been approved by the commission.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 5 - Bonds › Section 18684.

18684. The bonds required under this article shall guarantee, in order of priority, the payment of all taxes and fines due and payable to the state, the payment of contributions for medical insurance and to the pension fund, the payment of assessments for neurological examinations, as specified in subdivision (c) of Section 18711, the payment of the purses to the competitors, the repayment to consumers of purchased tickets, the payment of fees to the referees, judges, timekeepers, and physicians, and in the event of the cancellation of a contest or match approved by the commission without good cause, an amount determined by the commission which does not exceed the commission’s actual cost in connection with the approval of the contest or match. The circumstances and allocation of bond payment shall be determined by the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 5 - Bonds › Section 18685.

18685. For the purposes of this article, a ceritifcate of deposit payable to the commission, or a savings account assigned to the commission, shall be considered equivalent to a bond as provided in Section 995.710 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and shall be acceptable to the commission upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18700.

18700. All buildings or structures used or intended to be used to conduct, hold, give a contest or match, or exhibition shall be safe and shall conform to the laws, ordinances, and regulations pertaining to the buildings in the jurisdiction where the building or structure is situated.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 757, Sec. 9.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18701.

18701. There shall be posted in public view at every place that a contest is held a notice in English and Spanish which states that it is unlawful to throw any object in the direction of the ring.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18702.

18702. (a) No person under 18 years of age shall participate as a contestant in any professional contest or match or exhibition.
(b) Any person, irrespective of age, may participate as a contestant in an amateur contest, match, or exhibition with the approval of the commission subject to Section 18642.
(c) Consistent with Section 18640, the commission shall have jurisdiction over all forms and combinations of forms of full contact martial arts contests involving participants 18 years of age or younger.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 506, Sec. 4. (AB 1186) Effective October 3, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18703.

18703. All admission tickets to any contest or exhibition shall have printed clearly upon the face thereof the purchase price of the ticket, and no ticket shall be sold for more than that price. The tickets shall have the number of the ticket printed clearly on both ends of the ticket.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 757, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18705.

18705. Every promoter shall have at its own expense in attendance at every contest, a licensed physician approved by the commission who has had not less than three years experience in the practice of medicine since licensure, who shall perform the physical examination of the contestants and observe the physical condition of the contestants during the contest or match.
The services of the physician shall be paid according to a schedule of fees adopted by the commission. The fees shall be paid by the club to the commission, and it shall remit the payment to the physician.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18705.5.

18705.5. The commission shall adopt regulations detailing the criteria for approval of a licensed physician pursuant to Section 18705.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 471, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18707.

18707. A physician in attendance at any contest or match pursuant to Section 18705 shall have the authority to stop any contest or match that is conferred upon the referee. The physician’s authority shall be limited to a medically related injury and the physical condition of a contestant.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18710.

18710. In its discretion, the commission may order a special medical examination to be undertaken by any licensee, the report of which shall be made to the commission. The cost of the examination shall be shared equally by the commission and the licensee.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18712.

18712. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person applying for a license or the renewal of a license as a professional boxer or as a professional martial arts fighter shall present documentary evidence satisfactory to the commission that the applicant has been administered a test, by a laboratory in the United States that possesses a certificate under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 263a), to detect the presence of antibodies both to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to hepatitis C virus (HCV) and to detect the presence of the antigen of hepatitis B virus (HBV) within 30 days prior to the date of the application and that the results of all three tests are negative. A negative report for all three tests shall also be required of a professional boxer or professional martial arts fighter prior to competing in a match that will occur 180 days or more after the date of the tests submitted for the issuance or renewal of his or her license.
(b) Information received under this section and any other medical information about an applicant or licensee shall be confidential and not subject to discovery or subpoena. If the commission denies a license or the renewal of a license or suspends or revokes a license because of a licensee’s HIV or HCV antibody status or HBV antigen status, it shall state only that the action was taken for medical reasons. An applicant or licensee may appeal the commission’s denial, suspension, or revocation of a license under this section. The commission shall notify each person in writing of his or her right to a closed hearing for that appeal. An applicant or licensee must make a request for a hearing to the commission within 30 days of receiving notification from the commission of the applicant’s or licensee’s right to a hearing.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 680, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18714.

18714. For the purpose of studying and recommending medical and safety standards for the conduct of boxing and martial arts, the commission may call meetings of those licensed physicians and surgeons as it deems necessary at such times and places it deems appropriate. The commission is authorized to pay the necessary traveling expenses and per diem, as provided in Section 103, to the committee members in attendance at these meetings.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 757, Sec. 12.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18720.

18720. (a) No boxing contest or match shall be more than 12 rounds of not more than three minutes each in length, except that championship contests may, if the written approval of the commission is first obtained, be 15 rounds of not more than three minutes each in length. The commission may limit the number of rounds in a contest within the maximum.
(b) There shall be one minute rest between consecutive rounds.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18721.

18721. The commission may by rule specify the frequency with which boxers may participate in a contest.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18723.

18723. All gloves used by contestants in professional and amateur boxing contests or matches shall be approved by the commission and constructed so that:
(a) The thumb is not detached from the glove in such a manner that injury could result.
(b) The soft padding between the outside coverings shall be evenly distributed over the back of the gloves, and cover the knuckles and back of the hands.
(c) All paddings shall be consistent with the best available material and technology in order to reduce the cumulative effects of repetitive impacts.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18724.

18724. All professional and amateur boxing contests or matches shall be performed on a ring floor and padding which meet at least the following specifications:
(a) The ring floor shall be constructed of 1
1
/
4
inch plywood.
(b) The ring floor padding shall be of 1
3
/
4
inch thickness consisting of closed cellular foam in combination with high density polyvinylchloride (PVC) bonded together in solid sections, or equivalent covering.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18725.

18725. In addition to the requirements of this act, the commission may establish glove weights, equipment standards, safety standards, and the length of rounds in order to protect the health and safety of contestants.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18728.

18728. The commission shall establish by rule the weight spreads and classes of contestants.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18730.

18730. A referee shall be in attendance and direct and control at every boxing contest. Referees shall enforce the rules of the commission at every boxing contest.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18731.

18731. (a) In addition to the other requirements of this chapter and regulations adopted thereunder, no referee or physician and surgeon shall be assigned to a boxing contest if he or she has not completed a clinic offered by a provider approved by the commission.
(b) A referee or physician and surgeon shall complete a clinic within the preceding six months of a boxing contest.
(c) The commission shall approve a clinic provider if the clinic includes, at a minimum, but is not limited to, the following topics related to a boxing contest: the subjects of the rules of the commission, the recognition and diagnosis of serious or life-threatening, boxing-related and neurological injuries and disorders, and refereeing a bout.
(d) The clinic provider may charge a referee or physician and surgeon participating in a clinic a fee in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of the clinic.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the commission from offering a clinic subject to the requirements of this section.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 370, Sec. 13. (SB 309) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18732.

18732. Before starting a contest, the referee shall ascertain from each contestant, the name of his or her chief second, and shall hold such chief second responsible for the conduct of assistants during the contest.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18733.

18733. The referee shall stop a contest when a contestant shows a marked superiority, or is apparently outclassed.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18734.

18734. (a) The commission shall designate the scoring officials for each contest.
(b) The referee may render a decision at the end of a boxing contest if authorized by a representative of the commission.
(c) The commission may require that judges be used in conjunction with the referee at any boxing contest.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1095, Sec. 8.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18735.

18735. Referees and other boxing officials appointed by the commission while performing duties required under this chapter by the commission shall be entitled to the same rights and immunities granted to public employees by the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 820), Chapter 1, Part 2, Division 3.6, Title 1 of the Government Code. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to affect, create, or destroy any rights or obligations of any public or private employer of a referee or other boxing official.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18738.

18738. (a) A boxer who intentionally hits a contestant with a rabbit punch or with a punch on that part of the body over the kidneys shall be penalized by the loss of a point for each such punch.
(b) Determination that a boxer has violated this section shall be made at the end of the round in which the violation occurred and prior to the next round by the referee or, if judges are used in conjunction with the referee, by any two officials. Upon such a determination, each such official shall penalize the boxer pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) Upon a determination that this section has been violated, the referee shall inform both boxers and their managers at the end of the round in which the violation occurred and prior to the next round, and inform the audience of the penalty thus assessed. In any such case, the rest period may be extended by the referee.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests › Section 18748.

18748. Recognizing the need for uniformity in championship contests, the commission may exempt championship contests from any provision of this chapter and authorize alternate provisions as long as the safety and welfare of the boxers and the public are not jeopardized.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 8 - Amateur Boxing › Section 18750.

18750. No person shall appear as a contestant in any amateur boxing contest who has received any compensation or reward, except for actual expenses or trophies, in any form, for displaying, exercising, or giving any example of his or her skill in knowledge of boxing exercises, or for rendering services of any kind to any boxing organization, or to any person or persons as trainer, coach, instructor or otherwise, or who shall have been employed in any manner professionally by reason of his or her boxing skill or knowledge.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 8 - Amateur Boxing › Section 18751.

18751. Except as provided in Section 18752, only an award may be given to each contestant in any amateur boxing contest which does not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500). No portion of an admission fee or fees charged or received for any boxing contest shall be paid or given, either directly or indirectly, to any contestant in an amateur boxing contest.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 8 - Amateur Boxing › Section 18752.

18752. Unless the written permission of the commission is first obtained, it is a misdemeanor for any promoter to pay or cause to be paid to any coach, trainer, or manager of any amateur boxer participating in a contest, any sum of money other than the actual traveling and per diem expenses incurred by such coach, trainer, or manager and amateur boxer in traveling to and from their respective residences to the boxing contest in an amount to be determined by the commission.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 8 - Amateur Boxing › Section 18755.

18755. No contestant in an amateur boxing contest shall use any bandage on his or her hand or arm except soft surgical bandages not over two inches wide and ten yards in length for each hand, and one winding of surgeon’s adhesive tape not over 1
1
/
2
inches wide placed directly on the hand to protect that part of the hand near the wrist. This may cross the back of the hand twice, but not extend within one inch of the knuckles.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 8 - Amateur Boxing › Section 18756.

18756. No amateur boxing contest shall be more than four rounds of not more than two minutes each, or three rounds of three minutes each, in length.
There shall be one minute rest between rounds.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 8 - Amateur Boxing › Section 18757.

18757. At every amateur boxing contest, any representative of the commission shall stop the contest whenever it appears that the contestants are unevenly matched, either of them has been seriously injured, or that there is danger that either of them will be seriously injured if the contest continues. The person may call to his or her assistance in enforcing an order to stop the contest, as many peace officers or able-bodied citizens of the state as may be necessary.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 8 - Amateur Boxing › Section 18758.

18758. No amateur boxing contest shall be held in conjunction with vaudeville shows, dances, or entertainments of any sort.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 9 - Martial Arts › Section 18760.

18760. Except as otherwise provided by this article, “boxing” as used in this chapter includes “kickboxing” and “martial arts.” Sections 18720, 18721, 18723, 18725, 18728, 18755, and 18756, and Article 15 (commencing with Section 18870) shall not apply to kickboxing and martial arts.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1095, Sec. 9.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 9 - Martial Arts › Section 18761.

18761. Rules and regulations of the commission relating to professional boxing shall apply to kickboxing and martial arts, except where specifically excluded by the commission’s regulations.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 9 - Martial Arts › Section 18763.

18763. The commission shall by rule and regulation, regulate kickboxing and martial arts in accordance with Section 18640.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 9 - Martial Arts › Section 18765.

18765. The commission shall, by rule and regulation, prescribe the length and duration of professional and amateur kickboxing and martial arts contests, the weight classifications, the manner in which the contestants engage in such contests, and such further safeguards and conditions as shall insure fair, sportsmanlike, and scientific contests.
No contest shall be conducted unless each contestant uses protective gear approved by the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 9 - Martial Arts › Section 18766.

18766. Every contestant in an amateur kickboxing or martial arts contest under the age of 18 years shall wear protective headgear approved by the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 9 - Martial Arts › Section 18767.

18767. This chapter shall not apply to light and noncontact kickboxing and martial arts, and kickboxing and martial arts instruction and schools.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 9 - Martial Arts › Section 18768.

18768. The commission shall not function as a sanctioning body, nor shall it grant titles to fighters or to individual events. This function shall be retained by such professional and amateur full-contact kickboxing and martial arts associations operating on a local, statewide, regional, national or international level, which shall, when operating in California, observe such rules and regulations adopted by the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 9 - Martial Arts › Section 18769.

18769. (a) The commission may appoint an advisory committee to advise the commission on the provisions of this article.
(b) The advisory committee shall be composed of individuals, residing in California, who have prior to their appointment, been promoters, fighters, trainers, managers, or officials in publicly held kickboxing or full-contact martial arts events.
(c) The advisory committee may elect its own officers.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 9 - Martial Arts › Section 18770.

18770. (a) (1) The commission shall establish an advisory pankration subcommittee to investigate the rules and conduct of contests involving or claiming to involve pankration by persons under 18 years of age, or any style deemed by the subcommittee to be sufficiently similar thereto.
(2) The pankration subcommittee shall consist of three members of the commission.
(b) The subcommittee shall meet and examine the following matters, including, but not limited to:
(1) In general, the legality and safety of the contests described in subdivision (a).
(2) Whether or not legislation should be enacted to impose age-based requirements or restrictions, which may include a prohibition on participants engaging in the contests described in subdivision (a).
(3) Appropriate safety precautions for persons under 18 years of age engaging in the contests described in subdivision (a).
(c) By July 1, 2014, the subcommittee shall make recommendations to the commission regarding any legislative changes to be enacted that may be necessary to improve the commission’s regulation and oversight of the contests described in subdivision (a) in order to adequately protect participants.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 506, Sec. 5. (AB 1186) Effective October 3, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18800.

18800. As of July 1, 2004, all moneys received by the commission under this chapter shall be accounted for and reported by detailed statements furnished by the commission to the Controller at least once a month. At the same time, these moneys, other than those that have been received by the commission pursuant to Section 18882, shall be remitted to the Treasurer and shall be deposited in the Athletic Commission Fund, which is hereby created.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 227, Sec. 3. Effective August 16, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18801.

18801. The salaries and expenses of the members and employees, and the operating expenses of the commission shall be paid by the Treasurer on the warrant of the Controller from the funds appropriated therefor upon the certification of the executive officer.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18802.

18802. The commission is, with respect to accounting, auditing, budget, financial and personal matters, subject to all laws and requirements now or hereafter imposed by law upon, or applicable to state agencies.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18804.

18804. The application and renewal fee for a license to promote or conduct a professional contest or exhibition shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1057, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18805.

18805. The application and renewal fee for a license to promote or conduct amateur boxing contests shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1057, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18806.

18806. The application and renewal fee for a boxing, kickboxing, or martial arts matchmaker’s license shall be two hundred dollars ($200).
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1057, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18807.

18807. The application and renewal fee for a boxing, kickboxing, or martial arts assistant matchmaker’s license shall be two hundred dollars ($200).
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1057, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18808.

18808. The application and renewal fee for a booking agent’s license shall be two hundred dollars ($200).
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1057, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18809.

18809. The application and renewal fee for a professional boxer, kickboxer, or martial arts fighter license shall be sixty dollars ($60).
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1057, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18810.

18810. The application and renewal fee for a boxing, kickboxing, and martial arts manager’s license shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1057, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18811.

18811. The application and renewal fee for a boxing, kickboxing, and martial arts trainer’s license, chief second’s and second’s license shall be fifty dollars ($50).
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1057, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18812.

18812. The application and renewal fee for a professional boxing, kickboxing, and martial arts referee’s or judge’s license shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1057, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18813.

18813. The application and renewal fee for an amateur boxing, kickboxing, and martial arts referee’s and judge’s license shall be seventy-five dollars ($75).
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1057, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18814.

18814. The application and renewal fee for a timekeeper’s license shall be fifty dollars ($50) unless the commission establishes a lower fee by regulation.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1137, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18815.

18815. The application and renewal fee for a sparring permit shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1057, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18816.

18816. The application and renewal fee for a licensed professional trainer, as described in Section 18653, shall be two hundred dollars ($200).
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 370, Sec. 14. (SB 309) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18819.

18819. The fee for a simultaneous telecast permit under Section 18831 shall be fifty dollars ($50) per event.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1057, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18820.

18820. The commission shall charge a twenty-dollar ($20) fee to issue federal identification cards. Cards shall be reissued once every four years.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 370, Sec. 16. (SB 309) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18822.

18822. (a) For licenses issued before January 1, 2007, a license may be renewed at any time prior to midnight on December 31 of the year in which it was issued. If not renewed, the license shall expire at that time.
(b) A license issued on or after January 1, 2007, shall expire 12 months after issuance, on the last day of the 12th month. To renew an unexpired license, the licenseholder shall, on or before midnight of the day on which the license would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the commission and pay the prescribed renewal fee. If the licenseholder is a boxer or martial arts contestant, the renewal application shall also be accompanied by the required medical examinations and test results. Renewal of an unexpired license shall continue the license in effect for one year from the expiration date of the license, when it shall again expire if it is not renewed.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 465, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18825.

18825. An inspector or other representative of the commission duly authorized by the executive officer shall be admitted to the box office, and is authorized to assist in the counting of tickets and in the computation of the tax due thereon, and to take any other action necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The inspector or other representative shall immediately transmit to the commission the official statement of gross receipts received by him or her from the promoter.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 370, Sec. 18. (SB 309) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18826.

18826. Whenever any promoter fails to make a report of any contest or wrestling exhibition within the period prescribed by this chapter, or whenever such report is unsatisfactory to the commission, the executive officer, or his or her duly authorized representative may examine, or cause to be examined, the books and records of the promoter and any other persons or organizations, and subpoena and examine under oath, such persons for the purpose of determining the total amount of the gross receipts for any contest or wrestling exhibition and the amount of tax due pursuant to this chapter, which tax he or she may fix and determine as a result of such examination.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18827.

18827. If a promoter fails to pay any tax ascertained to be due under this chapter, in addition to the costs of the examination under Section 18826, if any, within 30 days after receipt of notice by the executive officer, the commission may without hearing revoke or suspend the promoter’s license and authorize the Attorney General to bring an action in superior court to collect the amount due, any fines authorized by this chapter, and attorney’s fees.
The action shall be speedily determined by the court and shall take precedence over all matters pending therein except criminal cases, applications for injunction or other matters to which special precedence has been given by law.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1095, Sec. 13.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs › Section 18828.

18828. (a) The commission may enter into a contract to sanction, supervise, or provide other services for contests under this chapter for which the fees under this chapter do not apply only if the contract provides for a payment to the commission for reasonable and necessary services provided under the contract.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that payment under subdivision (a) shall include the following:
(1) Consideration of costs incurred by the commission.
(2) A contribution into the Boxers’ Pension Fund of not less than 20 percent of the commission’s costs under paragraph (1).
(3) A contribution into the State Athletic Commission Neurological Examination Account of not less than 20 percent of the commission’s costs under paragraph (1).
(c) A contestant’s participation in a contest subject to this section shall be deemed to be a commission-approved contest for purposes of participation in the Boxers’ Pension Plan.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 465, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 13 - Closed Circuit Telecast Revenue › Section 18830.

18830. As used in this article:
(a) “Person” includes a promoter, club, individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other organization.
(b) “Closed circuit telecast” includes any telecast or broadcast, transmitted by any means, including subscription where an extra or additional fee is charged or where an identifiable or particular fee is charged for the viewing within this state of a simultaneous telecast of any live, current, or spontaneous match or wrestling exhibition.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 13 - Closed Circuit Telecast Revenue › Section 18831.

18831. No person shall charge or receive an admission fee for exhibiting a simultaneous telecast of any live, current, or spontaneous contest or wrestling exhibition on a closed-circuit telecast viewed within this state without a permit issued by the commission.
Application for such a permit shall be on a form provided by the commission, shall include a bond as required in Article 5, and shall contain such information as the commission may require, including, but not limited to, the locations where such telecasts are to be viewed. A permit shall be issued for each location where such telecast is to be viewed. The applicant shall pay the permit fee required in Section 18819.
The bond shall guarantee payment of taxes and fines due and payable to the state.
The permit may be denied only for the following reasons:
(a) The information required by the commission is not supplied by the applicant.
(b) The applicant is or has been in default for the payment of any taxes or fees required by this chapter.
(c) The permit fee has not been paid by the applicant.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts › ARTICLE 13 - Closed Circuit Telecast Revenue › Section 18832.

18832. Every person who charges and receives a fee for exhibiting a simultaneous telecast of any live, current, or spontaneous contest or wrestling exhibition on a closed-circuit telecast viewed within this state shall, within 72 hours after such event, furnish to the commission, a written report under penalty of perjury on a form which shall be provided by the commission showing the number of tickets or subscriptions where an extra or additional fee is charged for the viewing, which were issued or sold, and the gross receipts therefor without any deductions whatsoever. The person shall also, at the same time, pay to the commission a 5 percent tax, exclusive of federal taxes thereon, of the amount paid for admission or subscription telecast, as defined in Section 18830, to the showing or viewing of the contest or wrestling exhibition. In no event, however, shall the tax be less than fifty dollars ($50). The tax shall apply uniformly to all persons subject to the tax.
The tax on admission shall apply to the amount actually paid for admission and not the regular established price.
No tax is due in the case of a person admitted free of charge.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)