Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2040 - Office of Athletics › Chapter 1 - General Organization and Procedures › Section 20 CSR 2040-1.021 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is being amended to implement
				  House Bill 1388 signed into law and effective August 28, 2018.
(1) "Amateur Kickboxing"-any form of boxing
				in which blows are delivered with any part of the arm below the shoulder,
				including the hand and any part of the leg below the hip, including the foot,
				and where contestants do not compete for valuable consideration. Such contests
				take place in a rope-enclosed ring or a cage and are fought in timed
				rounds.
(2) "Amateur Mixed Martial
				Arts-Any bout or contest in which any form of martial arts or self-defense is
				conducted on a full-contact basis and where contestants do not compete for
				valuable consideration where weapons are not used and where other combative
				techniques or tactics are allowed in competition, including chokeholds, boxing,
				wrestling, kickboxing, grappling and/or joint manipulation. Amateur mixed
				martial arts bouts may be held in a cage or ring.
(3) "Bout"-one match involving either
				professional boxing, professional wrestling, professional or amateur
				kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts, or professional
				full-contact karate contestants.
(4) "Contest"-a group of bouts involving
				licensed contestants competing in professional boxing, professional wrestling,
				professional or amateur kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts,
				or professional full-contact karate.
(5) "Contestant(s)"-any human being who
				enters the ring to compete against another human being during a professional
				boxing, professional wrestling, professional or amateur kickboxing,
				professional or amateur mixed martial arts, or professional full-contact karate
				bout.
(6) "Fighting area"-the ring,
				cage, or physical area of the event site where the contestants compete during
				the mixed martial arts bout or contest.
(7) "Inspector"-a person employed by the
				Office of Athletics to attend professional boxing, professional wrestling,
				professional or amateur kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts,
				and professional full-contact karate events to ensure that all laws are adhered
				to by licensees of the Office of Athletics.
(8) "Judge"-a person serving as a member of a
				panel for professional boxing, professional or amateur kickboxing, professional
				or amateur mixed martial arts, or professional full-contact karate. The panel
				is responsible for determining a decision in each bout. Each judge in the panel
				must reach a decision without conferring with the other judges of the
				panel.
(9) "Martial arts"-to
				include professional or amateur kick-boxing, professional or amateur mixed
				martial arts, or professional full-contact karate.
(10) "Matchmaker"-a person responsible for
				matching the contestants for a bout(s) as to weight and experience.
(11) "Office"-the Missouri Office of
				Athletics.
(12)
				"Official"-referees, judges, matchmakers, seconds, timekeepers, and physicians
				involved in professional boxing, professional wrestling, professional or
				amateur kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts, or professional
				full-contact karate contests.
(13)
				"Permit"-authorization from the office to hold a professional boxing,
				professional wrestling, professional or amateur kick-boxing, professional or
				amateur mixed martial arts, or professional full-contact karate event in the
				state of Missouri.
(14)
				"Physician"-a person who is licensed as a doctor of medicine or doctor of
				osteopathy under Chapter 334, RSMo and who has received a license as a
				physician from the office for professional boxing, professional wrestling,
				professional or amateur kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts,
				and professional full-contact karate contests.
(15) "Professional boxing"-the sport of
				attack and defense which uses the fist protected by gloves or mittens fashioned
				of leather or similar material where contestants compete for valuable
				consideration. Such contests take place in a rope-enclosed ring and are fought
				in timed rounds.
(16) "Professional
				full-contact karate"-any form of full-contact martial arts, including but not
				limited to, kickboxing, or any form of self-defense conducted on a full-contact
				basis in a bout or contest where weapons are not used and where contestants
				compete for valuable consideration. Such contests take place in a rope-enclosed
				ring or a cage and are fought in timed rounds.
(17) "Professional kickboxing"-any form of
				boxing in which blows are delivered with any part of the arm below the
				shoulder, including the hand and any part of the leg below the hip, including
				the foot, and where contestants compete for valuable consideration. Such
				contests take place in a rope-enclosed ring or a cage and are fought in timed
				rounds.
(18) "Professional Mixed
				Martial Arts-Any bout or contest in which any form of martial arts or
				self-defense is conducted on a full-contact basis and where contestants compete
				for valuable consideration where weapons are not used and where other combative
				techniques or tactics are allowed in competition, including chokeholds, boxing,
				wrestling, kickboxing, grappling, and/or joint manipulation. Professional mixed
				martial arts may be held in a cage or a ring.
(19) "Professional wrestling"-any performance
				of wrestling skills and techniques by two (2) or more professional wrestlers,
				to which any admission is charged. Participating wrestlers are not required to
				use their best efforts in order to win, the winner may have been selected
				before the performance commences and contestants compete for valuable
				consideration. Such contests take place in a rope-enclosed ring and are fought
				in timed rounds.
(20) "Promoter"-a
				person, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or
				any form of business entity licensed by the office who arranges, advertises, or
				conducts professional boxing, professional wrestling, professional or amateur
				kick-boxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts, and professional
				full-contact karate contests and who is responsible for obtaining a permit for
				each contest and for payment of any state athletic taxes.
(21) "Purse"-the financial guarantee or any
				other remuneration which 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.
(22) "Referee"-the person in charge of
				enforcing these rules during any contest involving professional boxing,
				professional wrestling, professional or amateur kickboxing, professional or
				amateur mixed martial arts, or professional full-contact karate.
(23) "Second"-an individual who attends to
				the contestant between rounds.
(24)
				"Sparring"-boxing for practice or as an exhibition.
(25) "Timekeeper"-a person responsible for
				keeping accurate time during each bout and also responsible for the knockdown
				count for professional boxing, professional wrestling, professional and amateur
				kickboxing, and professional full-contact karate.
*Original authority: 317.001, RSMo 1983, amended 1996 and
					 317.006, RSMo 1983, amended 1996.