Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1371 - PROFESSIONAL BOXING AND MARTIAL ARTS CONTESTS (REPEALED) › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1371.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless the text indicates otherwise, the following terms
				  shall be defined as indicated:
"Act" means the Professional Boxing Act [225 ILCS 105
				  ].
"Announcer" means a person responsible for announcing the
				  names of the officials and the contestants, the contestants' weights, and the
				  decisions of the referee and judges during a bout.
"Board" means the State Professional Boxing Board.
"Bout" means one professional boxing, martial arts or mixed
				  martial arts match between 2 contestants.
"Boxing" means the art of attack and defense with the fists
				  practiced as a sport.
"Contest" means a group of bouts organized as a single
				  event.
"Contestant" means a person licensed by the Division who
				  competes in a bout.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and
				  Professional Regulation.
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Professional
				  Regulation with the authority delegated by the Secretary.
"Division" means the Department of Financial and Professional
				  Regulation-Division of Professional Regulation.
"Exhibition" means a show of boxing, martial arts or mixed
				  martial arts, or sparring in which there is no score or decision.
"Fighting Area" means the ring, cage or physical area where
				  the contestants compete.
"Inspector" means a person employed by the Division to attend
				  contests and to ensure that all laws are adhered to by licensees of the
				  Division.
"Judge" means a person licensed by the Division who serves as
				  a member of a judging panel for contests. The panel is responsible for
				  determining a decision in each bout.
"Main event" means the bout during a contest that is the main
				  attraction for the contest.
"Manager" means a person licensed by the Division who is not
				  a promoter and who, under contract, agreement or other arrangement with any
				  contestant, undertakes to directly or indirectly control or administer the
				  affairs of a contestant.
"Martial Arts" means a discipline such as, but not limited
				  to, Karate, Kung Fu, Jujitsu, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do and Kickboxing, or other
				  similar sport.
"Matchmaker" means a person licensed by the Division who is
				  responsible for matching the contestants for a bout as to weight and
				  experience.
"Mixed Martial Arts" means the use of a combination of
				  techniques from different disciplines of martial arts, including without
				  limitation grappling, kicking and striking.
"Official" means referees, judges, timekeepers, physicians
				  and Division representatives involved in professional events.
"Paramedic" means a person licensed under the Emergency
				  Medical Services Systems Act [210 ILCS 50 ] as an Emergency Medical
				  Technician-Paramedic.
"Permit" means authorization from the Division to hold a
				  contest in the State of Illinois.
"Physician" means a person licensed under the Medical
				  Practice Act of 1987 [225 ILCS 60 ] to practice medicine in all of its
				  branches.
"Promoter" means a natural person licensed by the Division to
				  conduct contests.
"Purse" means the financial guarantee or any other
				  remuneration contestants receive for participating in a bout. It includes the
				  contestant's share of any payment received for radio broadcasting, television
				  or motion picture rights.
"Referee" means a person licensed by the Division who is
				  responsible for enforcing the Act and this Part during any bout.
"Second" means a person licensed by the Division who attends
				  to the contestant between rounds.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of
				  Financial and Professional Regulation.
"Sparring" means boxing or engaging in martial arts or mixed
				  martial arts for practice or exhibition.
"Timekeeper" means a person licensed by the Division who is
				  responsible for keeping accurate time during each bout.