2011 Vermont Code
Title 31 Recreation and Sports
Chapter 21 BOXING
§ 1101 Definitions

§ 1101. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Boxer" means an individual who participates in a boxing match.

(2) "Boxing match" or "match" means a contest or training exhibition for a prize or purse where an admission fee is charged and where individuals score points by striking the head and upper torso of an opponent with padded fists. An amateur boxing match is a match held under the supervision of a school, college or university or under the supervision of United States Amateur Boxing, Inc. or its successor as the nationally-designated governing body for amateur boxing. All other matches shall be considered professional boxing matches.

(3) "Director" means the director of the office of professional regulation.

(4) "Disciplinary action" includes any action by the administrative law officer appointed under section 129 of Title 3, premised upon a finding of wrongdoing. It includes all sanctions of any kind, denying, suspending, revoking, issuing warnings and other sanctions.

(5) "Manager" means a person who receives compensation for service as an agent or representative of a professional boxer.

(6) "National boxer registry" means an entity certified by the Association of Boxing Commissions for the purpose of maintaining records for the identification of professional boxers and for tracking their records and suspensions.

(7) "Participant" means managers, seconds, referees and judges in a professional boxing match.

(8) "Promoter" means a person that organizes, holds, advertises or otherwise conducts a professional boxing match. (Added 1999, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), { 37, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.)