Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Corporations, Securities, and Commercial Licensing › Unarmed Combat › Unarmed Combat › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 339.101 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 101.
(1) As
					 used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means the
					 Michigan unarmed combat regulatory act, 2004 PA 403, MCL
					 338.3601 to
					 338.3661a.
(b) "Department representative" means an
					 employee of the department, as defined by section
					 10(1) of the act,
					 MCL 338.3610, or an inspector
					 approved by the department who ensures compliance with the law and rules at an
					 unarmed combat event.
(c) "Down"
					 means when any part of a boxer's body, except his or her feet, touches the ring
					 floor, or when the boxer is hanging helplessly over the ropes as a result of a
					 legal blow as ruled by the referee.
(d) "Drug" means a controlled substance as
					 regulated under sections
					 7101 to
					 7231 of the public health code,
					 1978 PA 368, MCL
					 333.7101 to
					 333.7231, and any substance
					 referenced in section
					 48(5)(a) of the
					 act, MCL 338.3648.
(e) "Fight Record" means a record of a
					 contestant's previous fight results, including, but not limited to, wins,
					 losses, knockouts, and technical knockouts, and any other information required
					 by the department.
(f) "Gong" means
					 a bell, horn, buzzer, or other audible device approved by the department
					 representative that has a clear tone loud enough for the contestants and
					 referee to hear.
(g) "Grounded"
					 means when a mixed martial artist has any part of the body, other than fingers
					 and the soles of both feet, touching the fighting area floor. A mixed martial
					 artist is grounded if the palm or closed fist of 1 hand, or any other body
					 part, is touching the fighting area floor.
(h) "Kickboxing" means a form of boxing in
					 which blows are delivered with the hand and any part of the leg below the hip,
					 including the foot.
(i) "Manager"
					 means a person who represents the interest of a second person, by contract,
					 agreement, or other arrangements, in arranging for the establishment of a
					 professional or amateur contest in which that second person shall participate
					 as a contestant. An attorney licensed to practice in this state, if his or her
					 participation is restricted solely to legal representation of the interests of
					 an amateur or professional licensee, does not fall within this
					 definition.
(j) "Mandatory count of
					 8" means a required count of 8 given by a referee to a boxer who has been
					 knocked down.
(k) "Muay thai" means
					 a form of boxing in which blows are delivered with the hand, elbow, any part of
					 the leg below the hip, including the foot, and clinching.
(l) "No decision" means that neither
					 contestant wins the contest.
(m)
					 "Reinstatement" means the granting of a license to a person whose license has
					 been revoked or suspended as a result of a disciplinary action pursuant to
					 chapter 4 of the act, MCL
					 338.3640 to
					 338.3649a.
(n) "Relicensure" means the granting of a
					 license to a person whose license has lapsed for failure to renew the license
					 within 60 days after the expiration date.
(o) "Ring" or "cage" means the enclosure in
					 which a contest takes place.
(p)
					 "Sanctioned" means a contest approved by USA Boxing or a public body charged
					 with overseeing unarmed combat contests.
(q) "Second" means an individual assisting a
					 contestant during a contest, such as cornerman or a contestant's cutman, and
					 may include a manager serving in that capacity. An impartial cutman is not a
					 second.
(r) "Stalling and faking"
					 means that a contestant is pulling his or her punches or holding an opponent or
					 deliberately maintaining a clinch.
(s) "Standing mandatory count of 8" means a
					 count of 8 given at the discretion of a referee to a boxer who has been dazed
					 by a blow and is unable to defend himself or herself.