Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 143j - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts › Section 29-143j-1a - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections
				  29-143j-1 a
				  to 29-143j-81a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State
				  Agencies:
(1) "Association of Boxing
				Commissions" means the organization comprised of state and tribal boxing
				commissions from the United States and Canada and recognized by the
				Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, 15 U.S.C. 89, as amended by the
				Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act of 2000, as having the authority for the
				oversight and establishment of regulatory guidelines to promote, through its
				membership, the improvement of the sports of boxing and mixed martial
				arts.
(2) "Amateur boxer" means a
				boxer who has not engaged in boxing contests as a professional or for a money
				prize, purse or as a means of livelihood. An amateur boxer may receive a trophy
				or other non-monetary award that does not exceed one hundred dollars in
				value;
(3) "Amateur mixed martial
				arts competitor" means a mixed martial arts competitor who has not engaged in
				mixed martial arts contests as a professional or for a money prize, purse or as
				a means of livelihood. An amateur mixed martial arts competitor may receive a
				trophy or other non-monetary award that does not exceed one hundred dollars in
				value;
(4) "Bout" means a single
				match of unarmed combat between two boxers or two mixed martial arts
				competitors for a set number of scheduled rounds;
(5) "Boxer" means any person in the sport or
				skill of fighting solely with the gloved fist;
(6) "Boxer-Federal Identification Card" means
				a federal identification card issued to any boxer for the purpose of
				registration and identification pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth
				by the Association of Boxing Commissions to any boxer.
(7) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
				Emergency Services and Public Protection;
(8) "Combat area" means that area where a
				boxing or mixed martial arts bout takes place;
(9) "Consultant" means a person, other than
				an attorney at law, that a boxer or mixed martial arts competitor refers to for
				expert or professional advice;
(10)
				"Contest" means a series of bouts that consists of at least twenty-four
				scheduled rounds where boxers or mixed martial arts competitors strive in good
				faith to win;
(11) "Contestant"
				means a boxer or mixed martial arts competitor;
(12) "Department" means the Department of
				Emergency Services and Public Protection;
(13) "Dressing room" means the area or room
				where contestants put on box¬ing or mixed martial arts attire and
				equipment;
(14) "Exhibition" means
				a bout between two boxers or two mixed martial arts competitors where a winner
				or loser shall not be determined, but where the boxers or mixed martial arts
				competitors may display their skills;
(15) "Illness" means any affliction of the
				body including the common cold, which deprives the body temporarily of the
				power to fulfill its usual functions;
(16) "Inspector" means any person designated
				by the commissioner or such commissioner's authorized representative to
				represent the commissioner at all boxing or mixed martial arts sparring
				matches, contests or exhibitions pursuant to section
				29-143j
				of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(17) "Manager" means any person, partnership,
				corporation or other business entity that performs at least one of the
				following functions:
(A) By contract,
				agreement or other arrangement with any person, undertakes or has undertaken to
				represent in any way the interest of any other person in procuring, arranging
				or conducting a boxing or mixed martial arts bout, contest or exhibition in
				which such person is to participate as a boxer or mixed martial arts
				competitor;
(B) Directs or controls
				the activities of any boxer or mixed martial arts competitor;
(C) Receives or is entitled to receive more
				than ten percent of the gross earnings of any professional boxer or mixed
				martial arts competitor for any services relating to such contestant's
				participation in a professional contest or exhibition;
(D) Is an officer, director or stockholder of
				any corporation which receives or is entitled to receive more than ten percent
				of the gross earnings of any professional boxer or mixed martial arts
				competitor for services relating to such contestant's participation in a
				professional contest or exhibition; or
(E) Acts as a consultant or an advisor
				relating to a professional or amateur's participation in a contest or
				exhibition.