Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 230 - Department of Business Regulation › Chapter 30 - Commercial Licensing › Subchapter 30 - Gaming and Athletics › Part 5 - Wrestling (230-RICR-30-30-5) › Section 230-RICR-30-30-5.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. When used in these Rules, the following
				  words, except as otherwise required by the context, shall have the following
				  meaning:
1. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws §
											41-5-1 et seq., as
				  amended.
2. "Closed circuit
				  television" means any telecast of an Event which is not intended to be
				  available for viewing without the payment of a fee, collected for or based upon
				  each event viewed, for the privilege of viewing the telecast and includes the
				  terms "pay per view".
3.
				  "Competitor" means a participant in a Contest, Match or Exhibition.
4. "Contest" and "Match" are synonymous, may
				  be used interchangeably and mean an Event between two (2) or more Competitors
				  in which the Competitors strive in good faith to win.
5. "Department" means the Department of
				  Business Regulation.
6. "Director"
				  means the Director of the Department of Business Regulation.
7. "Division" means the Division of Gaming
				  & Athletics of the Department of Business Regulation.
8. "Event" or "Events" means a Contest, Match
				  or Exhibition taking place within the State of Rhode Island where Professional
				  wrestlers display or exhibit Wrestling, but does not include those events
				  specifically exempted by the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws §
											41-5-1.
9. "Exhibition" means an Event in which the
				  Competitors show or display their skills without necessarily striving to
				  win.
10. "Judge" means a Person to
				  be licensed by the Department who attends the Event and who has the
				  responsibility of scoring or judging the performance of the Competitors in the
				  Event.
11. "License" includes the
				  whole or part of any Department license, permit, certificate, approval,
				  registration or similar form of permission required by law as a condition of
				  conducting a Match as a condition of conducting a Match.
12. "Licensee" means any holder of a
				  License.
13. "Person" means any
				  individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association,
				  sole proprietorship, public or private organization or any other entity however
				  formed.
14. "Physician" means an
				  individual currently licensed to practice medicine in the State of Rhode Island
				  and who has been licensed by the Department for the Event.
15. "Professional wrestler" means one who
				  competes for a money prize or purse by engaging in Wrestling.
16. "Promotor" means any Person to be
				  licensed with the Department who arranges, advertises, produces, stages or
				  conducts an Event.
17. "Referee"
				  means a Person to be licensed with the Department who has the general
				  supervision of the Event and is present inside the ring during the
				  Event.
18. "Regular business hours"
				  means the regular business hours of the Department of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
				  Monday through Friday.
19.
				  "Wrestling" means the sport consisting of hand-to-hand combat between two (2)
				  or more unarmed competitors who contend by grappling.