New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL › Chapter 6 - BOXING, WRESTLING AND MARTIAL ARTS › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.6.1.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
"Amateur
				contest"
means any boxing, wrestling, martial arts, or mixed martial
				arts event, contest or exhibition, whether or not an admission fee is charged
				to the public, where the participants are licensed as amateurs with the
				commission in their field of unarmed combat. The terms
"amateur
				contest"
and
"smoker"
are used interchangeable, both terns
				have the same meaning.
B.
"Board"
means the medical advisory board of the New Mexico athletic
				commission.
C.
"Broadcast"
means any audio or visual image sent by radio, television or
				internet signals including podcast, webcast, streaming media, internet and any
				other electronic transmission.
D.
"Closed circuit telecast"
means any telecast that is not intended
				to be available for viewing without the payment of a fee for the privilege of
				viewing the telecast and includes, but is not limited to, the term
				"pay-per-view". This definition includes, but is not limited to, telecasts,
				podcast, webcast, streaming media, internet or any electronic transmission to
				arenas, bars, lounges, clubs, entertainment or meeting centers and private
				residences.
E.
"Commission"
means the New Mexico athletic commission.
F.
"Contact exhibition"
means
				any contest or portion of a fight card, bout, or event in any form of unarmed
				combat, including but not limited to boxing, wrestling, martial arts, or mixed
				martial arts regulated by the commission, conducted, held, televised on closed
				circuit, or given within New Mexico.
G.
"Contest"
means any event or
				portion of a fight card, bout or exhibition in any form of unarmed combat,
				including but not limited to boxing, wrestling, martial arts, or mixed martial
				arts regulated by the commission, conducted, held, televised on closed circuit,
				or given within New Mexico.
H.
"Counted out"
means that a participant has been knocked down and
				the referee and knockdown timekeeper have performed the appropriate count as
				set forth in the rules, and the completion of such count signifies that the
				participant has been knocked out.
I.
"Department"
means the New
				Mexico regulation and licensing department.
J.
"Event"
means any contest or
				portion of a fight card, bout, or exhibition in any form of unarmed combat,
				including but not limited to boxing, wrestling, or martial arts regulated by
				the commission, conducted, held, televised on closed circuit, or given within
				New Mexico.
K.
"Exhibition"
means any contest or portion of a fight card, bout, or
				event in any form of unarmed combat, including but not limited to boxing,
				wrestling, martial arts, or mixed martial arts regulated by the commission,
				conducted, held, televised on closed circuit, or given within New
				Mexico.
L.
"Face
				value"
means the dollar value of a ticket that the customer is required
				to pay or, for complimentary tickets, would have required payment. It shall
				include any charges or fees, such as dinner, gratuity, parking, surcharges, or
				any other charges or fees that must be incurred in order to be allowed to view
				the match. However, if the ticket specifies the amount of admission charges
				attributable to state or federal taxes, such taxes shall not be included in the
				face value.
M.
"Fight
				card"
means a program of an event, contest, or exhibition of unarmed
				combat.
N.
"Foreign
				co-promoter"
means a promoter who has no physical place of business in
				New Mexico or who's business is incorporated in a state other than New
				Mexico.
O.
"He" or
				"his"
shall also mean "she" or "her".
P.
[RESERVED]
Q.
"Main event"
means the
				principal match or matches within a program of matches.
R.
"Mixed martial arts"
means
				unarmed combat involving the use, subject to any applicable limitations set
				forth in this chapter, of a combination of techniques from different
				disciplines of the martial arts, including, without limitation, grappling,
				kicking and striking.
S.
"Official duty"
means any person who performs a task belonging to the
				commission during an event, contest, or exhibition of unarmed combat.
T.
"Professional contest"
means
				any boxing, wrestling, or martial arts, or mixed martial arts event, contest or
				exhibition, whether or not an admission fee is charged for admission of the
				public, where the participants are licensed as professionals with the
				commission in their field of unarmed combat.
U.
"Promoter"
means any person,
				and in the case of a corporate promoter includes any officer, director or
				stockholder of the corporation, who produces or stages any unarmed combat,
				including but not limited to boxing, wrestling or martial arts contest,
				exhibition or closed circuit television show.
V.
"Sham or fake"
means a
				professional event, contest, or exhibition that is unsanctioned or features
				participants who are not licensed professionals with the commission in their
				respective form of unarmed combat.
W.
"Technical zone"
means the
				area between the ring, cage or fenced area and public seating. The area must
				have a separate divider and be at least 8 but preferably 12 feet from the ring,
				cage or fenced area. If there is not a solid barrier, uniformed security must
				be present.
X.
"Timekeeper
				signal"
means the appropriate mechanism used to signal the end of the
				round.
Y.
"Unarmed
				combat"
means boxing, wrestling, martial arts, mixed martial arts or any
				form of competition in which a blow is usually struck which may reasonably be
				expected to inflict injury.
Z.
"Unarmed contest"
means an unarmed combatant competing in an
				unarmed combat approved and sanctioned by a state commission or a duly
				constituted and functioning tribal commission which provides the unarmed
				combatants with the minimum protection afforded by the commission.