The following words and terms have the following meanings:
(1) Badge--A department-issued credential provided
to timekeepers, judges, referees and ringside physicians who officiate
at combative sports events.
(2) Chief second--The second designated by the contestant
as the primary advisor or assistant to the contestant.
(3) Code--The Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 2052,
"Combative Sports".
(4) Contestant--Any participant, including a professional
combative sports contestant, who competes in a combative sport event
regulated by the Code.
(5) Deadwood--The numerical difference between tickets
printed and tickets used.
(6) Federal Identification Card--A nationally recognized
identification card issued by the National Boxing Registry or the
National Mixed Martial Arts Registry required for competition in a
combative sport event.
(7) Full Contact--Contact made while intentionally
striking a blow with any part of the body to an opponent when the
contact has the potential to temporarily disable or to injure an opponent.
(8) Knock-down--A knock-down occurs when any part of
a contestant's body, other than the feet, contacts the floor of the
ring or fighting area as a result of a blow struck to the contestant
by an opponent.
(9) License or Registration--A document issued by the
executive director permitting a person to participate at an event
or perform a function regulated by the Code.
(10) Manager--A person who, under contract, agreement,
or other arrangement with a contestant undertakes to directly or indirectly,
control, or administer a professional combative sports contestant's
affairs.
(11) Person--Any natural person, corporation, partnership,
association or other similar entity.
(12) Purse--The financial guarantee or any other remuneration
promised to contestants for participating in an event and includes
guarantees for cable pay per view, radio, television or motion picture
rights.
(13) Ring Officials--Referees, judges, ringside physicians
and timekeepers.
(14) Ringside Physician--An individual who has an unrestricted
and unlimited license to practice medicine in this state and who by
agreement, is assigned as the physician for a combative sports event.
(15) Second--A person who provides assistance or advice
to a contestant during a contest.
(16) Technical Zone--An alcohol free area located between
the ring and a department-approved barrier with access restricted
to designated medical personnel and equipment; working officials including,
managers, ring officials, contestants, seconds, the promoter, promoter
representatives and assignees, round card staff, department staff,
assigned contract inspectors, authorized members of the media, authorized
members of the event's sanctioning bodies, and security personnel;
and regulatory oversight authorities.
(17) Timekeeper--A person who is the official timer
of the length of rounds/heats and the intervals between rounds/heats
and counts when a contestant is down.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §61.10 adopted to be effective October 1, 2000, 25 TexReg 9941; amended to be effective December 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 10445; amended to be effective February 1, 2005, 30 TexReg 378; amended to be effective February 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 481; amended to be effective October 15, 2010, 35 TexReg 9081; amended to be effective January 1, 2014, 38 TexReg 9505; amended to be effective September 1, 2015, 40 TexReg 5145; amended to be effective March 1, 2022, 47 TexReg 910 |