Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XI - Boxing and Wrestling › Chapter 1 - General Rules › Section XI-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The following
				words and phrases when used in this Subpart shall have the meanings given to
				them in this Section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
B. No definition contained in this section
				shall be interpreted or construed or applied in a manner which is inconsistent
				with the definitions contained under
				R.S.
				4:85.
Amateur
-any of the following:
a. contests or exhibitions of armed or
				unarmed combat or any combination thereof conducted by or participated in
				exclusively by any state-accredited middle school or high school, college, or
				university, or by any association or organization of a school, college, or
				university, when each participant in the contests or exhibitions is a bona fide
				student in the state-accredited middle school or high school, college, or
				university;
b. any boxing contest
				or exhibition if it is registered and sanctioned by United States Amateur
				Boxing, Inc., or Golden Gloves of America as an amateur boxing contest or
				exhibition;
c. any contest or
				exhibition which specifically has been named by the commission as an amateur
				event.
Boxing
-the act of attack and defense with
				  the fists, practiced as a sport.
Club
- any club, corporation, association,
				  producer, promoter, event coordinator, matchmaker or individual under the
				  authority and control of the commission.
Commission
-the Boxing and Wrestling
				  Commission for the state of Louisiana, as well as the commissioner in
				  attendance at the event, an individual commissioner, deputy commissioner or
				  Commission personnel where applicable.
Commissioner in Attendance
-this shall be the
				  Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner or event coordinator who is in attendance at
				  the event and who is primarily responsible not only for the supervision of the
				  event, but the enforcement of the rules set forth herein as well as any
				  statutory regulations.
Contest
-a boxing or mixed technique event in
				  which contestants strive earnestly in good faith to win.
Contestant
-any participant in all sports
				  under the jurisdiction of this commission including but not limited to boxing,
				  wrestling, and mixed technique event.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT
)- a duly
				  registered and state certified emergency medical services professional pursuant
				  to LAC 46:XXXVIII.
Exhibition
-as applied to boxing and MTE
				  events, any event in which the participants show or display their skills
				  without necessarily striving to win. As applied to professional wrestling
				  events, bouts for entertainment purposes wherein there are no dangerous blows
				  intended to be struck and the result of each bout is predetermined. As applied
				  to mixed technique events, see
				  §737 in Chapter 7, Mixed Technique Events
				  herein.
Judge
- a person who has a vote in
				  determining the winner of any contest.
London Ring Fighting
-the sport of boxing
				  conducted without the use of boxing gloves or other padding on the
				  participant's hands.
Manager
-a person who, directly or
				  indirectly, controls or administers the affairs of any boxer, wrestler or MTE
				  contestant.
Matchmaker
- a person who brings together
				  professional boxers, wrestlers, kickboxers or martial arts contestants or
				  arranges professional boxing, wrestling, kickboxing or martial arts contest or
				  exhibitions.
Mixed Technique Event
contests in which
				  contestants attack and defend with wrestling or grappling and with the fists
				  and other parts of the human body including, but not limited to, the foot,
				  knee, leg, elbow, or head, wherein dangerous blows are intended to be struck
				  with full contact.
Physician
-a person possessing a doctor of
				  medicine (allopathic/M.D.), doctor of osteopathy or doctor of osteopathic
				  medicine degree (osteopathic/D.O.) or an equivalent degree duly awarded by a
				  medical or osteopathic educational institution approved by the commission; such
				  person shall have in their possession a permanent license in the State of
				  Louisiana, or a person licensed in another State, who is recognized by the
				  commission.
Press Ticket
- a ticket or pass which can be
				  exclusively issued by the commission which will have marking and identification
				  and is not subject to tax as set forth in 4:68.
Producer
- any person who charges or receives
				  a fee for having a contest viewed through a pay-per-view telecast by utilizing
				  any type of cable television system. The term does not include the operator of
				  a cable television system.
Professional
-Repealed.
Promoter
- any person and, in the case of a
				  corporate promoter, any officer, director, employee or stockholder thereof who
				  produces, arranges or stages any professional contest or exhibition.
Purse
- the financial guarantee or any other
				  remuneration, or part thereof, for which professional boxers, wrestlers,
				  kickboxers or martial arts contestants are participating in a contest or
				  exhibition. The term included the participant's share of any payment received
				  for radio broadcasting, television and motion picture rights.