2006 Utah Code - 13-33-102 — Definitions.

     13-33-102.   Definitions.
     As used in this chapter:
     (1) "Bodily injury" is as defined in Section 76-1-601.
     (2) "Boxing" means the sport of attack and defense using the fist, covered by an approved boxing glove.
     (3) "Club fighting" means any contest of unarmed combat, whether admission is charged or not, where:
     (a) the rules of the contest are not approved by the commission;
     (b) a licensed physician or osteopath is not in attendance;
     (c) an HIV negative test regarding each contestant not less than 180 days before the contest has not been provided to the commission;
     (d) the contest is not conducted in accordance with commission rules; or
     (e) the contestants are not matched by the weight standards described in Section 13-33-507.
     (4) "Commission" means the Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission created in this chapter.
     (5) "Contest" means a live match, performance, or exhibition involving two or more persons engaged in unarmed combat.
     (6) "Contestant" means an individual who participates in a contest.
     (7) "Department" means the Department of Commerce.
     (8) "Designated commission member" means a member of the commission designated to:
     (a) attend and supervise a particular contest; and
     (b) act on the behalf of the commission at a contest venue.
     (9) "Elimination boxing contest" means:
     (a) a contest where a number of contestants participate in a tournament;
     (b) over a period of time not exceeding 48 hours; and
     (c) the loser of each contest is eliminated from further competition.
     (10) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Department of Commerce.
     (11) "Exhibition" means an engagement in which the participants show or display their skills without necessarily striving to win.
     (12) "Judge" means an individual qualified by training or experience to:
     (a) rate the performance of contestants;
     (b) score a contest; and
     (c) determine with other judges whether there is a winner of the contest or whether the contestants performed equally resulting in a draw.
     (13) "Licensee" means an individual licensed by the commission to act as a:
     (a) contestant;
     (b) judge;
     (c) manager;
     (d) promoter;
     (e) referee;
     (f) second; or
     (g) security guard.
     (14) "Manager" means an individual who represents a contestant for the purposes of:

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     (a) obtaining a contest;
     (b) negotiating terms and conditions of the contract under which the contestant will engage in a contest; or
     (c) arranging for a second for the contestant at a contest.
     (15) "Promoter" means a person who engages in producing or staging contests and promotions.
     (16) "Promotion" means a single contest or a combination of contests that occur during the same time at the same location and that is produced or staged by a promoter.
     (17) "Purse" means any money, prize, remuneration, or any other valuable consideration a contestant receives or may receive for participation in a contest.
     (18) "Referee" means an individual qualified by training or experience to act as the official attending a contest at the point of contact between contestants for the purpose of:
     (a) enforcing the rules relating to the contest;
     (b) stopping the contest in the event the health, safety, and welfare of a contestant or any other person in attendance at the contest is in jeopardy; and
     (c) to act as a judge if so designated by the commission.
     (19) "Round" means one of a number of individual time periods that, taken together, constitute a contest during which contestants are engaged in a form of unarmed combat.
     (20) "Second" means an individual who attends a contestant at the site of the contest before, during, and after the contest in accordance with contest rules.
     (21) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission.
     (22) "Serious bodily injury" is as defined in Section 76-1-601.
     (23) "Total gross receipts" means the amount of the face value of all tickets sold to a particular contest plus any sums received as consideration for holding the contest at a particular location.
     (24) "Ultimate fighting" means a live contest, whether or not an admission fee is charged in which:
     (a) contest rules permit contestants to use a combination of boxing, kicking, wrestling, hitting, punching, or other combative, contact techniques;
     (b) contest rules incorporate a formalized system of combative techniques against which a contestant's performance is judged to determine the prevailing contestant;
     (c) contest rules divide nonchampionship contests into three equal and specified rounds of no more than five minutes per round with a rest period of one minute between each round;
     (d) contest rules divide championship contests into five equal and specified rounds of no more than five minutes per round with a rest period of one minute between each round; and
     (e) contest rules prohibit contestants from:
     (i) using anything that is not part of the human body, except for boxing gloves, to intentionally inflict serious bodily injury upon an opponent through direct contact or the expulsion of a projectile;
     (ii) striking a person who demonstrates an inability to protect himself from the advances of an opponent;
     (iii) biting; or
     (iv) direct, intentional, and forceful strikes to the eyes, groin area, adam's apple area of the neck, and temple area of the head.
     (25) (a) "Unarmed combat" means boxing or any other form of competition in which a

blow is usually struck which may reasonably be expected to inflict bodily injury.
     (b) "Unarmed combat" does not include a competition or exhibition between participants in which the participants engage in simulated combat for entertainment purposes.
     (26) "Unlawful conduct" means organizing, promoting, or participating in a contest which involves contestants that are not licensed under this chapter.
     (27) "Unprofessional conduct" means:
     (a) entering into a contract for a contest in bad faith;
     (b) participating in any sham or fake contest;
     (c) participating in a contest pursuant to a collusive understanding or agreement in which the contestant competes in or terminates the contest in a manner that is not based upon honest competition or the honest exhibition of the skill of the contestant;
     (d) engaging in an act or conduct that is detrimental to a contest, including any foul or unsportsmanlike conduct in connection with a contest;
     (e) failing to comply with any limitation, restriction, or condition placed on a license;
     (f) striking of a downed opponent by a contestant while the contestant remains on the contestant's feet unless the commission, following a hearing conducted under Subsection 13-33-404(3) and before the contest, has exempted the contest and each contestant from this Subsection (27)(f);
     (g) after entering the ring or contest area, penetrating an area within four feet of an opponent by a contestant, manager or second before the commencement of the contest; or
     (h) as further defined by rule by the commission.

Amended by Chapter 72, 2006 General Session