N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 19 § 206.5

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 206.5 - Licenses required and applicable definitions

(a) No boxer, mixed martial artist, promoter, manager, second/trainer, matchmaker, referee, judge, or timekeeper, shall engage, in any way, either directly or indirectly, in professional boxing or professional mixed martial arts contests or exhibitions in this State unless he or she shall have first procured the appropriate license or permit from the Commission.

(b) No promoter shall engage, directly or indirectly, in the promotion of any professional wrestling exhibition in this State unless he or she shall have first procured an appropriate license or permit from the Commission.

(c) No sanctioning entity shall engage, directly or indirectly, in the oversight, conduct or authorization of any combative sport match or exhibition in this State unless it shall have first procured the appropriate license and authorization from the Commission.

(d) The following definitions shall be applicable:

(1) "Professional boxing" shall mean any boxing match or exhibition featuring a combatant who is a professional, as defined in subdivision 6 of Section 1000 of the General Business Law.

(2) "Professional mixed martial arts" shall mean any mixed martial arts match or exhibition featuring a combatant who is a professional, as defined in subdivision 6 of Section 1000 of the General Business Law.

(3) "Professional combative sports" shall mean any match or exhibition of an authorized combative sport featuring a combatant who is a professional, as defined in subdivision 6 of Section 1000 of the General Business Law.

(4) "Amateur boxing" shall mean any boxing match or exhibition featuring combatants who are both amateurs, as defined in subdivision 1 of Section 1000 of the General Business Law.

(5) "Amateur mixed martial arts" shall mean any mixed martial arts match or exhibition featuring combatants who are both amateurs, as defined in subdivision 1 of Section 1000 of the General Business Law.

(6) "Amateur combative sports" shall mean any match or exhibition of an authorized combative sport featuring combatants who are both amateurs, as defined in subdivision 1 of Section 1000 of the General Business Law.

(7) "Match, bout, or contest" shall mean any combative sport competition in which two combatants engage against each other in bona fide athletic competition with the understanding that the final result of the contest shall be counted toward their official records.

(8) "Exhibition" shall mean an engagement in which participants display their skill against one another for other than training purposes in a format resembling that of a match with the understanding that the final result of the competition will not be counted toward their official records, and where the final outcome and maneuvers used in the display are not prohibited from being rehearsed and predetermined by the participants and the associated promoter.

(9) "Contact sparring" shall mean practice boxing, practice mixed martial arts, or other practice combative sport conducted between two participants for training purposes in which blows are landed to the head or body of both participants in an manner intended to mimic those that may be attempted in a match, whether or not headgear is used.

(10) "Card or event" shall mean all matches and exhibitions scheduled to occur as part of a program of matches and exhibitions put on by a promoter to which a single ticket authorizes entry.

(11) "Combatant, contestant, or participant" shall mean a participant fighter in a combative sport match or exhibition.

(12) "Purse or Ring Earnings" shall mean any financial guarantee, payments, or remuneration of any kind including prizes, win bonuses or shares of any payment received for ticket sales, broadcasting or streaming rights provided to a combatant in a match or exhibition.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 19 § 206.5

Adopted New York State Register September 21, 2016/Volume XXXVIII, Issue 38, eff. 9/21/2016