Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3773 - Ohio Athletic Commission › Chapter 3773-1 - General Provisions › Section 3773-1-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in rules 3773-1-01 to  3773-8-01 of  the Administrative Code:
(A) "Amateur"
			 means a contestant who does not compete for a prize, in cash or otherwise, that
			 has a value of more than twenty-five dollars.
(B) "Boxing match or exhibition" means a
			 public or private competition pertaining to the sport of boxing.
(C) "Commission" means the Ohio athletic
			 commission.
(D) "Contest" means any
			 public boxing match, wrestling, tough person, kick boxing, karate, mixed
			 martial arts or other unarmed combat sport
			 exhibition.
(E) "Contestant" means
			 a participant in a public boxing match, wrestling, tough person, kick boxing,
			 karate, mixed martial or other unarmed combat
			 sport exhibition.
(F) "Exhibition"
			 means any event having more than one match whether it occurs on a single date
			 or on a series of dates.
(G) "Fight
			 card" means the program of matches listed on a promoter's permit.
(H) "Knockout" means to defeat an opponent by
			 knocking them to the canvas for a count of ten. Knockout also includes, when
			 the referee halts the bout with a contestant on the canvass or mat.
(I) "Main event" means the individual match
			 at any public boxing , wrestling, tough person, kick boxing, karate, mixed
			 martial arts or any other unarmed combat sport's
			 event that is designated by the promoter and usually has the largest
			 purse.
(J) "Manager" means any
			 person who is in charge of the training, performance, and business affairs of a
			 boxer.
(K) "Matchmaker" means any
			 person who schedules pairings for a prize fight, public boxing match,
			 wrestling, tough person, kick boxing, karate, mixed martial arts or other
			 unarmed combat sport exhibition.
(L) "Medical insurance" means coverage for
			 any nursing, medical, or surgical expenses.
(M) "Mixed Martial Arts" means any
			 competition that involves any physical contact bout between two or more
			 individuals who attempt to knock out the opponent by using boxing, kicking,
			 choking techniques, martial art tactics or any combination of such techniques
			 and tactics.
(N) "Participant"
			 means any contestant, manager, or second in a public boxing match, wresting
			 match, kick boxing, karate, mixed martial arts or other unarmed combat sport exhibition.
(O) "Professional boxer" means a boxer who
			 competes for a prize in cash or otherwise, that has a value of more than one
			 hundred dollars.
(P) "Professional
			 mixed martial arts fighter" means a mixed martial arts or other
			 unarmed combat sport contestant other than a
			 professional boxer who competes for a prize in cash or otherwise has a value of
			 more than twenty-five dollars.
(Q)
			 "Promoter" means any person who conducts or sponsors a public boxing match,
			 wrestling, tough person, kick boxing, mixed martial arts or other
			 unarmed combat sport exhibition.
(R) "Public boxing or wrestling match or
			 exhibition" means any public or private competition that involves the sports of
			 boxing, kick boxing, karate, tough person contests, professional wrestling, or
			 any other form of boxing or martial arts.
(S) "Ring official" means any referee,
			 physician, judge, inspector, or timekeeper.
(T) "Second" means any person who is an
			 attendant to a contestant.
(U)
			 "Technical knockout" means a victory, with immediate termination of the match,
			 awarded by the referee when it appears that one contestant is too badly injured
			 to continue.
(V) "Tough person
			 contests" mean any competition that involves any physical contact bout between
			 two or more individuals who attempt to knock out the opponent by using boxing,
			 kicking, or any combination of such techniques and tactics.
(W) "Trainer" means any person who coaches a
			 contestant competing in any sport regulated by the Ohio athletic
			 commission.
Effective:
				3/14/2013
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				06/18/2012 and
				03/14/2018
Promulgated
				Under:
				119.03
Statutory Authority:
				3773.34
Rule Amplifies:
				3773.31
Prior Effective Dates: 8/19/84, 12/31/98, 5/16/05, 4/18/09,
				1/1/12