South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 20 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION- STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION › Subchapter 1 - DEFINITIONS, BOXING WEIGHTS AND CLASSES › Section 20-1.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in the Chapter shall
				have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				otherwise.
(1) "Administrator" means
			 the person appointed by the Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and
			 Regulation to administer the affairs of the State Athletic
			 Commission.
(2) "Admissions" means
			 the amount paid for seats to witness an event or exhibition or any fee charged
			 for presenting an event or exhibition including, but not limited to,
			 complimentary tickets given in exchange for services. This term does not
			 include admission for contestants, officials, representatives of the
			 commission, and the media.
(3)
			 "Announcer" means any person who is licensed by the commission and is
			 designated by the promoter to introduce the participants and provide
			 information to the public at the event or exhibition.
(4) "Bout" means the individual contest
			 between two contestants for a scheduled number of rounds.
(5) "Boxer" means a person who competes for a
			 purse or compensation in boxing matches, contests, or exhibitions.
(6) "Boxing" means any form of event or
			 exhibition in which a person delivers blows to another, with any part of the
			 arm below the shoulder, including the hand, which may be reasonably expected to
			 disable or inflict injury.
(7)
			 "Chief Ring Official" means the referee designated by the Commission
			 Representative as being responsible for the directing of event officiating,
			 presentation and explanation of competition rules, and the evaluation of
			 combatants for sufficient skills to safely compete in Commission sanctioned
			 bouts.
(8) "Commission" means the
			 State Athletic Commission.
(9)
			 "Commission Designee" means the person(s) granted and delegated specific
			 authority to review and approve fight cards, bout pairings, non-routine
			 applications or age waiver petitions on behalf of the Commission.
(10) "Commission Representative" means that
			 individual designated by the Administrator to supervise a particular match,
			 contest, exhibition or event in this state.
(11) "Contestant" means anyone who competes
			 in an event or participates in an exhibition regulated by the State Athletic
			 Commission.
(12) "Department" means
			 the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
(13) "Director" means the Director of the
			 Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or the director's official
			 designee.
(14) "Emergency medical
			 technician" means a person who is certified by the Department of Health and
			 Environmental Control pursuant to the Emergency Medical Services Act.
(15) "Event" means an occurrence, bout, show,
			 or contest regulated by the State Athletic Commission in which any contestant
			 displays or exhibits athletic skills in competition.
(16) "Exhibition" means an occurrence in
			 which the participant shows, displays, or performs without striving to win.
			 Exhibitions are not allowed within the confines of an event sanctioned by the
			 SC Athletic Commission, with the exception of professional wrestling.
(17) "License" means the written approval
			 given, upon application, by the Commission to a person, club, corporation,
			 organization, or association to participate in or promote events or exhibitions
			 regulated by the State Athletic Commission.
(18) "Manager" means a person who does any of
			 the following:
(a) by contract with a person
			 undertakes or has undertaken to represent in any way the interest in which a
			 contestant is to participate and receive monetary or other compensation for
			 his/her services without regard to the source of the compensation; except that
			 the term "Manager" shall not be construed to mean any attorney licensed to
			 practice in this state, whose participation in such activities is restricted
			 solely to his/her representing the interests of a contestant as his/her
			 client.
(b) directs or controls the
			 professional activities of a contestant;
(c) receives or is entitled to receive a
			 share of the gross purse or gross income of an event .