Short title and definitions

(225 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 5001)     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)     Sec. 1. Short title and definitions.     (a) This Act may be cited as the Boxing and Full-contact Martial Arts Act.     (b) As used in this Act:         "Department" means the Department of Financial and     Professional Regulation.        "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and     Professional Regulation or a person authorized by the Secretary to act in the Secretary's stead.        "Board" means the State of Illinois Athletic Board.         "License" means the license issued for promoters,     professional contestants, amateur contestants, or professional or amateur officials in accordance with this Act.        "Contest" means a boxing or full-contact martial arts     competition in which contestants compete against each other in matched bouts and where the public is able to attend or a fee is charged to attend.         "Permit" means the authorization from the Department     to a promoter to conduct a contest.        "Professional promoter" means a person who is     licensed and who holds a permit to conduct professional or amateur contests, or a combination of both.        "Amateur promoter" means a person who is licensed and     who holds a permit to conduct amateur contests.         Unless the context indicates otherwise, "person"     includes, but is not limited to, an individual, association, organization, business entity, gymnasium, or club.        "Judge" means a person licensed by the Department who     is located at ringside or adjacent to the fighting area during a contest and who has the responsibility of scoring the performance of the contestants in that contest.        "Referee" means a person licensed by the Department     who has the general supervision of and is present inside of the ring or fighting area during a contest.        "Amateur contest" means a contest where only amateur     contestants are permitted to compete.         "Amateur contestant" means a contestant licensed by     the Department who is not competing for, and has never received or competed for, any purse or other article of value, directly or indirectly, either for participating in any contest or for the expenses of training therefor, other than a non-monetary prize that does not exceed $50 in value.        "Amateur official" means a referee or judge who is     licensed by the Department to participate as an official in amateur contests.         "Professional contestant" means a contestant licensed     by the Department who competes for a money prize, purse, or other type of compensation in a professional contest.        "Professional official" means a person who is in the     role of a second, referee, matchmaker, timekeeper, or judge who is licensed by the Department and permitted to participate as an official in any type of contest.         "Professional contest" means a contest where only     professional contestants are permitted to compete or a contest where both professional contestants and amateur contestants are permitted to compete.         "Second" means a person who is present at any contest     to provide assistance or advice to contestants during the contest.        "Matchmaker" means a person who arranges professional     or amateur contestants by record and skill level for bouts and submits those matches to the Department for consideration to compete in contests.        "Manager" means a person who is not a promoter and     who, under contract, agreement, or other arrangement, undertakes to, directly or indirectly, control or administer the affairs of contestants.        "Timekeeper" means a person who is the official timer     of the length of rounds and the intervals between the rounds.        "Purse" means the financial guarantee or any other     remuneration for which contestants are participating in a professional contest.        "Physician" means a person licensed to practice     medicine in all its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.        "Martial arts" means a discipline or combination of     different disciplines that utilizes sparring techniques without the intent to injure, disable, or incapacitate one's opponent, such as, but not limited to, Karate, Kung Fu, Jujutsu, and Tae Kwon Do.        "Full-contact martial arts" means the use of a     singular discipline or a combination of techniques from different disciplines of the martial arts, including, without limitation, full-force grappling, kicking, and striking with the intent to injure, disable, or incapacitate one's opponent.         "Contestant" means a person who competes in either a     boxing or full-contact martial arts contest.        "Address of record" means the designated address     recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license file as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.        "Bout" means one match between 2 contestants.         "Sanctioning body" means an organization approved by     the Department under the requirements and standards stated in this Act and the rules adopted under this Act to act as a governing body that sanctions professional or amateur contests.         "Email address of record" means the designated email     address recorded by the Department in the applicant's application file or the licensee's license file as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.(Source: P.A. 104-796, eff. 8-7-26.)