Title BPC, California Bus. & Prof. Code

Before any license is issued to any club to conduct, hold, or give a contest or match, other than an amateur contest or match, the applicant shall file a bond with the commission, in an amount determined by the commission, conditioned for the faithful performance by the club of t…

Before any license is issued to any club to conduct, hold, or give an amateur contest or match, the applicant shall file a bond with the commission in an amount not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), conditioned for the faithful performance by the club of the provisions of …

The bonds required under this article shall guarantee, in order of priority, the payment of all taxes and fines due and payable to the state, the payment of contributions for medical insurance and to the pension fund, the payment of assessments for neurological examinations, as s…

For the purposes of this article, a ceritifcate of deposit payable to the commission, or a savings account assigned to the commission, shall be considered equivalent to a bond as provided in Section 995.710 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and shall be acceptable to the commission…

The secretary shall cancel from the register, in whole or in part, any of the following: (a) Any registration concerning which the secretary receives a voluntary request for cancellation from the registrant or the assignee of record. (b) All registrations granted under this chapt…

No person shall place any advertising display within the areas affected by the provisions of this chapter in this state without first having secured a written permit from the director or from his authorized agent. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)

Every person desiring a permit to place any advertising display shall file an application with the director or with his authorized agent. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1003, Sec. 1. Effective September 11, 1984.)

The application shall be filed on a blank to be furnished by the director or by his agent. It shall set forth the name and address of the applicant and shall contain a general description of the property upon which it is proposed to place the advertising display for which a permi…

(a) The applicant for any permit shall offer written evidence that both the owner or other person in control or possession of the property upon which the location is situated and the city or the county with land use jurisdiction over the property upon which the location is situat…

An application for a permit to place a display shall contain a description of the display, including its material, size, and subject and the proposed manner of placing it. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 653, Sec. 10.)

If the applicant for a permit is engaged in the outdoor advertising business, the application shall contain the number of the license issued by the director. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)

When the application is in full compliance with this chapter and if the advertising display will not be in violation of any other state law, the director or the director’s authorized agent shall, within 10 days after compliance and upon payment by the applicant of the fee provide…

(a) The issuance of a permit for the placing of an advertising display includes the right to change the advertising copy without obtaining a new permit and without the payment of any additional permit fee. (b) The issuance of a permit does not affect the obligation of the owner o…

(a) The director shall establish a permit renewal term of five years, which shall be reflected on the face of the permit. (b) The director shall adopt regulations for permit renewal that include procedures for late renewal within a period not to exceed one year from the date of p…

Each permit provided in this chapter shall carry an identification number and shall entitle the holder to place the advertising display described in the application. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)

No person shall place any advertising display unless there is securely fastened upon the front thereof an identification number plate of the character specified in Section 5363. The placing of any advertising display without having affixed thereto an identification number plate i…

Identification number plates shall be furnished by the director. Identification number plates shall bear the identification number of the advertising display to which they are assigned. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)

The provisions of this article shall apply to any advertising display which was lawfully placed and which was in existence on November 7, 1967, adjacent to an interstate or primary highway and within the limits of an incorporated area, but for which a permit has not heretofore be…

When a highway within an incorporated area is designated as an interstate or a primary highway, each advertising display maintained adjacent to such highway shall thereupon become subject to all of the provisions of this act. For purposes of applying the provisions of this act, e…

The issuance of a permit pursuant to this chapter does not allow any person to erect an advertising display in violation of any ordinance of any city, county, or city and county. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 653, Sec. 13.)

The department shall not deny or delay the acceptance of a permit application for a new advertising display along a portion of a new alignment of an interstate or primary highway on the basis that the highway project has not been accepted by the department as complete if the sect…

The classification of goods and services shall conform to the classifications adopted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A single application for registration of a mark may include any or all goods upon which, or services with which, the mark is actually being used…

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 conform to the laws, ordinances, and regulations pertaining to the buildings in the jurisdiction where the building or structure is situated. (…

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 is unlawful to throw any object in the direction of the ring. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)

(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 participate as a contestant in an amateur contest, match, or exhibition with the approval of the commission subject t…

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 shall be sold for more than that price. The tickets shall have the number of the ticket printed clearly on both ends of the ticket. …

(a) Subject to subdivision (b), a professional fighter licensed under this chapter shall be entitled to a minimum purse of two hundred dollars ($200) per round fought. (b) The commission may raise the minimum purse amount by regulation. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 486, Sec. 5. (SB…

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 than three years experience in the practice of medicine since licensure, who shall perform the physical examination of the contestants…

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.)

(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 provided for in Section 18705 shall conduct a physical examination of the contestant and certify in writing as to the contestant’s physical cond…

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 conferred upon the referee. The physician’s authority shall be limited to a medically related injury and the physical condition of a contestan…

If a professional or amateur fighter licensed under this chapter or subject to the requirements of this chapter requires immediate medical care as ordered by a ringside physician, the onsite ambulance assigned to the contest, match, or exhibition shall transport the fighter to a …

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 the commission. The cost of the examination shall be shared equally by the commission and the licensee. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1…

(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 who specializes in neurology and neurosurgery of each applicant for a license as a professional athlete or contestan…

(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 professional martial arts fighter shall present documentary evidence satisfactory to the commission that the applicant has been administer…

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 those licensed physicians and surgeons as it deems necessary at such times and places it deems appropriate. The commission is …

(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, if the written approval of the commission is first obtained, be 15 rounds of not more than three minutes each in length. The commissio…

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.)

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 not detached from the glove in such a manner that injury could result. (b) The soft padding between the outside cove…

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 floor shall be constructed of 114 inch plywood. (b) The ring floor padding shall be of 134 inch thickness consisti…

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 to protect the health and safety of contestants. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)

The commission shall establish by rule the weight spreads and classes of contestants. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)

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 contest. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)

(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 contest if he or she has not completed a clinic offered by a provider approved by the commission. (b) A referee or physi…

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 responsible for the conduct of assistants during the contest. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)

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.)