California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 7 - Regulation of Contests

• Section 18700.
  All buildings or structures used or intended to be used to conduct, hold, give a contest or match, or exhibition shall be safe and shall...
• Section 18701.
  There shall be posted in public view at every place that a contest is held a notice in English and Spanish which states that it...
• Section 18702.
  (a) No person under 18 years of age shall participate as a contestant in any professional contest or match or exhibition.(b) Any person, irrespective of age, may...
• Section 18703.
  All admission tickets to any contest or exhibition shall have printed clearly upon the face thereof the purchase price of the ticket, and no ticket...
• Section 18705.
  Every promoter shall have at its own expense in attendance at every contest, a licensed physician approved by the commission who has had not less...
• Section 18705.5.
  The commission shall adopt regulations detailing the criteria for approval of a licensed physician pursuant to Section 18705.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 471, Sec. 1.)
• Section 18706.
  (a) Not later than at the weigh-in time, which shall be not more than 30 hours prior to the beginning of the first event, the physician...
• Section 18707.
  A physician in attendance at any contest or match pursuant to Section 18705 shall have the authority to stop any contest or match that is...
• Section 18710.
  In its discretion, the commission may order a special medical examination to be undertaken by any licensee, the report of which shall be made to...
• Section 18711.
  (a) (1) (A) The commission shall require, as a condition of licensure and as a part of the application process, the examination by a licensed physician and surgeon...
• Section 18712.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person applying for a license or the renewal of a license as a professional boxer or as a...
• Section 18714.
  For the purpose of studying and recommending medical and safety standards for the conduct of boxing and martial arts, the commission may call meetings of...
• Section 18720.
  (a) No boxing contest or match shall be more than 12 rounds of not more than three minutes each in length, except that championship contests may,...
• Section 18721.
  The commission may by rule specify the frequency with which boxers may participate in a contest.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
• Section 18723.
  All gloves used by contestants in professional and amateur boxing contests or matches shall be approved by the commission and constructed so that:(a) The thumb is...
• Section 18724.
  All professional and amateur boxing contests or matches shall be performed on a ring floor and padding which meet at least the following specifications:(a) The ring...
• Section 18725.
  In addition to the requirements of this act, the commission may establish glove weights, equipment standards, safety standards, and the length of rounds in order...
• Section 18728.
  The commission shall establish by rule the weight spreads and classes of contestants.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
• Section 18730.
  A referee shall be in attendance and direct and control at every boxing contest. Referees shall enforce the rules of the commission at every boxing...
• Section 18731.
  (a) In addition to the other requirements of this chapter and regulations adopted thereunder, no referee or physician and surgeon shall be assigned to a boxing...
• Section 18732.
  Before starting a contest, the referee shall ascertain from each contestant, the name of his or her chief second, and shall hold such chief second...
• Section 18733.
  The referee shall stop a contest when a contestant shows a marked superiority, or is apparently outclassed.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)
• Section 18734.
  (a) The commission shall designate the scoring officials for each contest.(b) The referee may render a decision at the end of a boxing contest if authorized by...
• Section 18735.
  Referees and other boxing officials appointed by the commission while performing duties required under this chapter by the commission shall be entitled to the same...
• Section 18738.
  (a) A boxer who intentionally hits a contestant with a rabbit punch or with a punch on that part of the body over the kidneys shall...
• Section 18748.
  Recognizing the need for uniformity in championship contests, the commission may exempt championship contests from any provision of this chapter and authorize alternate provisions as...

Last modified: October 22, 2018