California Code
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2 - Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts

ARTICLE 1 - Administration

Section 18600. - 18600. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 18601. - 18601. The Legislature may amend, revise, or supplement any part...

Section 18602. - 18602. (a) Except as provided in this section, there is...

Section 18602.1. - 18602.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 18602.5. - 18602.5. (a) The commission shall adopt and submit a strategic...

Section 18604. - 18604. The appointing authority may remove any member of the...

Section 18605. - 18605. A majority of the appointed members of the commission...

Section 18606. - 18606. The members of the commission shall elect one of...

Section 18607. - 18607. Each member of the commission shall receive a per...

Section 18608. - 18608. The commission is subject to all of the provisions...

Section 18610. - 18610. The commission shall adopt a seal. (Repealed and added...

Section 18611. - 18611. The commission shall adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance...

Section 18613. - 18613. (a) (1) The commission shall appoint a person exempt...

Section 18615. - 18615. No inspector shall be assigned to regulate an event...

Section 18618. - 18618. The commission shall furnish to the Governor and the...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 18620. - 18620. The definitions contained in this article shall be for...

Section 18621. - 18621. “Commission” means the State Athletic Commission. (Repealed and added...

Section 18622. - 18622. The words “club” and “promoter” are synonomous, may be...

Section 18623. - 18623. A professional or amateur boxer or martial arts fighter...

Section 18624. - 18624. “Committee” means an advisory committee on medical and safety...

Section 18625. - 18625. (a) As described in the specific provisions of the...

Section 18627. - 18627. (a) “Martial arts” means any form of karate, kung...

Section 18628. - 18628. “Manager” means any person who does any of the...

Section 18629. - 18629. “School, college, or university” means a secondary school, the...

Section 18630. - 18630. “Proprietary interest” means any membership, coownership, stock ownership, legal...

Section 18631. - 18631. “License” as used in this chapter also includes a...

ARTICLE 3 - Jurisdiction, Licenses, and Exemptions

Section 18640. - 18640. The commission has the sole direction, management, control of,...

Section 18640.5. - 18640.5. (a) The commission, at its regularly scheduled meetings, shall...

Section 18641. - 18641. The commission may license clubs to conduct, hold, or...

Section 18642. - 18642. The commission may license professional and amateur boxers, professional...

Section 18642.5. - 18642.5. A professional boxer or martial arts fighter shall, prior...

Section 18645. - 18645. (a) There is hereby created within the jurisdiction of...

Section 18646. - 18646. (a) This chapter applies to all amateur boxing, wrestling,...

Section 18648. - 18648. The commission shall prescribe standards as necessary, for the...

Section 18649. - 18649. (a) The administration or use of any drugs, alcohol,...

Section 18653. - 18653. No person shall train a professional boxer or kickboxer...

Section 18654. - 18654. Failure of a licensed professional trainer, fighter, boxer, second,...

Section 18655. - 18655. This chapter does not apply to any contest conducted...

Section 18656. - 18656. This chapter does not apply to any contest conducted...

ARTICLE 4 - Applications

Section 18660. - 18660. Any person desiring a license issued under this chapter...

Section 18661. - 18661. The executive officer or his or her designee shall...

Section 18662. - 18662. Any applicant for a license may be required to...

Section 18665. - 18665. (a) All applications for a promoter’s license shall contain...

Section 18666. - 18666. All promoters shall submit in writing for prior approval...

Section 18667. - 18667. The commission shall not issue any promoter’s license to...

Section 18668. - 18668. Licensed promoters may engage in promotions with other licensed...

Section 18673. - 18673. (a) All applications for a manager’s license shall contain...

Section 18674. - 18674. All managers shall submit in writing, for prior approval...

Section 18679. - 18679. The commission may issue temporary permits prior to licensure,...

ARTICLE 5 - Bonds

Section 18680. - 18680. Before any license is issued to any club to...

Section 18681. - 18681. Before any license is issued to any club to...

Section 18684. - 18684. The bonds required under this article shall guarantee, in...

Section 18685. - 18685. For the purposes of this article, a ceritifcate of...

ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests

Section 18700. - 18700. All buildings or structures used or intended to be...

Section 18701. - 18701. There shall be posted in public view at every...

Section 18702. - 18702. (a) No person under 18 years of age shall...

Section 18703. - 18703. All admission tickets to any contest or exhibition shall...

Section 18705. - 18705. Every promoter shall have at its own expense in...

Section 18705.5. - 18705.5. The commission shall adopt regulations detailing the criteria for...

Section 18706. - 18706. (a) Not later than at the weigh-in time, which...

Section 18707. - 18707. A physician in attendance at any contest or match...

Section 18710. - 18710. In its discretion, the commission may order a special...

Section 18711. - 18711. (a) (1) (A) The commission shall require, as a...

Section 18712. - 18712. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person...

Section 18714. - 18714. For the purpose of studying and recommending medical and...

Section 18720. - 18720. (a) No boxing contest or match shall be more...

Section 18721. - 18721. The commission may by rule specify the frequency with...

Section 18723. - 18723. All gloves used by contestants in professional and amateur...

Section 18724. - 18724. All professional and amateur boxing contests or matches shall...

Section 18725. - 18725. In addition to the requirements of this act, the...

Section 18728. - 18728. The commission shall establish by rule the weight spreads...

Section 18730. - 18730. A referee shall be in attendance and direct and...

Section 18731. - 18731. (a) In addition to the other requirements of this...

Section 18732. - 18732. Before starting a contest, the referee shall ascertain from...

Section 18733. - 18733. The referee shall stop a contest when a contestant...

Section 18734. - 18734. (a) The commission shall designate the scoring officials for...

Section 18735. - 18735. Referees and other boxing officials appointed by the commission...

Section 18738. - 18738. (a) A boxer who intentionally hits a contestant with...

Section 18748. - 18748. Recognizing the need for uniformity in championship contests, the...

ARTICLE 8 - Amateur Boxing

Section 18750. - 18750. No person shall appear as a contestant in any...

Section 18751. - 18751. Except as provided in Section 18752, only an award...

Section 18752. - 18752. Unless the written permission of the commission is first...

Section 18755. - 18755. No contestant in an amateur boxing contest shall use...

Section 18756. - 18756. No amateur boxing contest shall be more than four...

Section 18757. - 18757. At every amateur boxing contest, any representative of the...

Section 18758. - 18758. No amateur boxing contest shall be held in conjunction...

ARTICLE 9 - Martial Arts

Section 18760. - 18760. Except as otherwise provided by this article, “boxing” as...

Section 18761. - 18761. Rules and regulations of the commission relating to professional...

Section 18763. - 18763. The commission shall by rule and regulation, regulate kickboxing...

Section 18765. - 18765. The commission shall, by rule and regulation, prescribe the...

Section 18766. - 18766. Every contestant in an amateur kickboxing or martial arts...

Section 18767. - 18767. This chapter shall not apply to light and noncontact...

Section 18768. - 18768. The commission shall not function as a sanctioning body,...

Section 18769. - 18769. (a) The commission may appoint an advisory committee to...

Section 18770. - 18770. (a) (1) The commission shall establish an advisory pankration...

ARTICLE 12 - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs

Section 18800. - 18800. As of July 1, 2004, all moneys received by...

Section 18801. - 18801. The salaries and expenses of the members and employees,...

Section 18802. - 18802. The commission is, with respect to accounting, auditing, budget,...

Section 18804. - 18804. The application and renewal fee for a license to...

Section 18805. - 18805. The application and renewal fee for a license to...

Section 18806. - 18806. The application and renewal fee for a boxing, kickboxing,...

Section 18807. - 18807. The application and renewal fee for a boxing, kickboxing,...

Section 18808. - 18808. The application and renewal fee for a booking agent’s...

Section 18809. - 18809. The application and renewal fee for a professional boxer,...

Section 18810. - 18810. The application and renewal fee for a boxing, kickboxing,...

Section 18811. - 18811. The application and renewal fee for a boxing, kickboxing,...

Section 18812. - 18812. The application and renewal fee for a professional boxing,...

Section 18813. - 18813. The application and renewal fee for an amateur boxing,...

Section 18814. - 18814. The application and renewal fee for a timekeeper’s license...

Section 18815. - 18815. The application and renewal fee for a sparring permit...

Section 18816. - 18816. The application and renewal fee for a licensed professional...

Section 18819. - 18819. The fee for a simultaneous telecast permit under Section...

Section 18820. - 18820. The commission shall charge a twenty-dollar ($20) fee to...

Section 18822. - 18822. (a) For licenses issued before January 1, 2007, a...

Section 18824. - 18824. (a) Except as provided in Sections 18646 and 18832,...

Section 18825. - 18825. An inspector or other representative of the commission duly...

Section 18826. - 18826. Whenever any promoter fails to make a report of...

Section 18827. - 18827. If a promoter fails to pay any tax ascertained...

Section 18828. - 18828. (a) The commission may enter into a contract to...

ARTICLE 13 - Closed Circuit Telecast Revenue

Section 18830. - 18830. As used in this article: (a) “Person” includes a...

Section 18831. - 18831. No person shall charge or receive an admission fee...

Section 18832. - 18832. Every person who charges and receives a fee for...

Section 18833. - 18833. The commission may designate a representative to be present...

Section 18834. - 18834. Whenever any person fails to make a report of...

Section 18835. - 18835. If a permitholder fails to pay any tax ascertained...

Section 18836. - 18836. In case of default in the payment of any...

Section 18837. - 18837. This article does not apply to a cable television’s...

ARTICLE 14 - Administrative Enforcement

Section 18840. - 18840. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, if in...

Section 18841. - 18841. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, licenses issued...

Section 18842. - 18842. The commission, the executive officer and other employees duly...

Section 18843. - 18843. (a) In addition to its authority under other provisions...

Section 18844. - 18844. If a licensee fails to pay any fine assessed...

Section 18845. - 18845. (a) The commission, its executive officer, or any other...

Section 18846. - 18846. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission, its...

Section 18847. - 18847. The disobedience of a subpoena issued under Section 18846...

Section 18848. - 18848. The license of any promoter or matchmaker found guilty...

Section 18849. - 18849. No promoter, nor any person having a proprietary interest...

Section 18850. - 18850. (a) Any boxer or martial arts fighter who participates...

Section 18851. - 18851. A manager of a boxer or martial arts fighter...

Section 18852. - 18852. No fighter shall be paid before a contest, except...

Section 18853. - 18853. No fighter, nor his or her manager, shall be...

Section 18854. - 18854. Any official who fails to enforce the provisions of...

Section 18855. - 18855. The commission shall recognize and enforce contracts between boxers...

Section 18856. - 18856. (a) The commission, the executive officer, or authorized representative...

Section 18857. - 18857. The commission, the executive officer, or authorized representative shall...

Section 18858. - 18858. Any licensee who directly or indirectly holds, participates in,...

Section 18859. - 18859. (a) The commission shall have the authority to obtain...

Section 18860. - 18860. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any county, city,...

ARTICLE 15 - Crimes and Penalties

Section 18870. - 18870. Any person or promoter to whom this chapter applies...

Section 18871. - 18871. Any contestant who continues to participate in a professional...

Section 18872. - 18872. Any promoter who directly or indirectly destroys, or aids...

Section 18873. - 18873. Any person who throws any object at the ring...

Section 18878. - 18878. Any person who otherwise violates any provision of this...

ARTICLE 16 - Boxer Benefits

Section 18880. - 18880. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 18881. - 18881. (a) The commission shall, consistent with the purposes of...

Section 18882. - 18882. (a) At the time of payment of the fee...

Section 18884. - 18884. (a) A promoter may, but is not required to,...

Section 18887. - 18887. In addition to any other form in which retirement...