Chapter 548 Pugilistic Exhibitions
- 548.001 Short title.
Sections 548.001-548.079 shall be known and may be cited as the "Joe Lang Kershaw Act." History.--ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s. 4, ch. 91-429. ...
- 548.002 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Amateur" means a person who has never received nor competed for any purse or other article of value,...
- 548.003 Florida State Boxing Commission.
(1) The Florida State Boxing Commission is created and is assigned to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation for administrative and fiscal accountability purposes only....
- 548.004 Executive director; duties, compensation, administrative support.
(1) The department shall employ an executive director with the approval of the commission. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The...
- 548.005 Oversight of the commission; long-range policy planning; plans, reports, and recommendations.
(1) The department shall exercise oversight of the activities of the commission to the extent necessary to facilitate the requirements of this section. (2) To facilitate efficient...
- 548.006 Power of commission to control professional and amateur pugilistic contests and exhibitions; certification of competitiveness of professional mixed martial arts and kickboxing matches.
(1) The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over every match held within the state which involves a professional. (2) As to professional mixed martial arts and kickboxing, until...
- 548.0065 Amateur matches; sanctioning and supervision; health and safety standards; compliance checks; continuation, suspension, and revocation of sanctioning approval.
(1) No match involving amateurs which utilizes, but is not necessarily limited to, strikes or blows to the head may be held in this state unless...
- 548.007 Applicability of provisions to amateur matches and certain other matches or events.
With the exception of s. 548.008, ss. 548.001-548.079 do not apply to: (1) A match conducted or sponsored by a bona fide nonprofit school or education...
- 548.008 Prohibited competitions.
(1) No match involving amateurs which utilizes, but is not necessarily limited to, strikes or blows to the head may be held in this state unless...
- 548.011 Power of commission to issue, withhold, suspend, or revoke licenses and permits.
The commission has exclusive jurisdiction to issue, withhold, suspend, or revoke any license or permit provided for in this chapter. History.--ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246;...
- 548.012 Promoter's license.
(1) A promoter may not, directly or indirectly, promote any match involving a professional, unless the promoter has been issued a license therefor by the commission....
- 548.013 Foreign copromoter license requirement.
(1) No foreign copromoter may, directly or indirectly, participate in the promotion of, receive any remuneration from, or render any services in connection with any match...
- 548.014 Promoters and foreign copromoters; bonds or other security.
(1)(a) Before any license is issued or renewed to a promoter or foreign copromoter and before any permit is issued to a promoter or foreign copromoter,...
- 548.015 Concessionaires; security.
The commission may require that before any license is issued or renewed to a concessionaire, or before the holding of a match, the concessionaire must...
- 548.017 Participants, managers, and other persons required to have licenses.
(1) A participant, manager, trainer, second, timekeeper, referee, judge, announcer, physician, matchmaker, concessionaire, or booking agent or representative of a booking agent shall be licensed before...
- 548.021 Applications for licenses and permits.
(1) An application for a license or a permit must: (a) Be in writing on a form supplied by the commission which shall contain the applicant's social...
- 548.022 Oral examinations.
The commission may require any applicant or any officer, director, employee, or stockholder of a corporate applicant, before taking action on her or his application,...
- 548.024 Background investigation of applicants for licensure.
(1) The commission is authorized to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 which provide for background investigations of applicants for licensure under this chapter...
- 548.025 License fees.
The commission shall set license fees as follows: (1) Promoter, matchmaker--not to exceed $500. (2) Any other license--not to exceed $100. History.--ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s....
- 548.026 Duration of license.
Each license shall expire on December 31 next following the date on which it was issued. History.--ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s. 4, ch. 91-429....
- 548.028 Refusal to issue license.
The commission shall not issue a license to: (1) Any person or business entity that has been convicted of any act, or that has a trustee,...
- 548.032 Permit for program of matches.
In addition to a promoter's license, a promoter must procure a permit for each program of matches before presenting that program. Each application for a...
- 548.033 Local prohibiting ordinance.
A permit may not be issued for a match to be held within any political subdivision of this state that has adopted a local ordinance...
- 548.035 Permit fees.
(1) The commission shall set permit fees based on seating capacity of the premises where the program is to be presented as follows: (a) If the seating...
- 548.037 Admissions not to exceed seating capacity.
It is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for any promoter to sell or cause to...
- 548.041 Age, condition, and suspension of participants.
(1) A person shall not be licensed as a participant, and the license of any participant shall be suspended or revoked, if such person: (a) Is under...
- 548.042 Participation under fictitious name.
A person may not participate under a fictitious or assumed name in any match unless she or he has registered the name with the commission....
- 548.043 Weights and classes, limitations; gloves.
(1) The commission shall establish classes of participants based upon weights. (2) The commission shall establish by rule the acceptable difference in weight between participants; however, the...
- 548.046 Physician's attendance at match; examinations; cancellation of match.
(1) The commission, or the commission representative, shall assign to each match at least one physician who shall observe the physical condition of the participants and...
- 548.047 Duty of licensee to disclose condition of participant.
A licensee shall disclose all information in her or his possession concerning any mental or physical disability, injury, illness, or incapacity of a participant in...
- 548.049 Medical, surgical, and hospital insurance; life insurance.
(1) The commission shall, by rule, require participants to be covered by not less than $20,000 of insurance for medical, surgical, and hospital care required as...
- 548.05 Control of contracts.
(1) The commission shall adopt rules governing the form and content of contracts executed in this state between managers and participants. All such contracts shall be...
- 548.052 Payment of advances by promoter or foreign copromoter regulated.
A promoter or foreign copromoter may not pay, lend, or give a participant an advance against her or his purse before a contest, except with...
- 548.053 Distribution of purses to participants; statements.
(1) Unless otherwise directed by a representative of the commission, all purses shall be distributed by the promoter no later than 24 hours after the match....
- 548.054 Withholding of purses; hearing; disposition of withheld purse forfeiture.
(1) A member of the commission, the commission representative, or the referee may order a promoter to surrender to the commission any purse or other funds...
- 548.056 Prohibited financial interests in participant; penalties.
(1) A member of the commission; an employee of the commission; a referee or judge licensed by the commission; or an attending physician may not have...
- 548.057 Attendance of referee and judges at match; scoring; seconds.
(1) At each boxing match involving a participant, except at an exhibition held solely for training purposes, at the expense of the promoter, a referee designated...
- 548.058 Sham or collusive contest prohibited.
(1) No person shall knowingly conduct, participate in, or be connected with a match which is represented to be a contest if one or both of...
- 548.06 Payments to state; exemptions.
(1) A promoter holding a match shall, within 72 hours after the match, file with the commission a written report which includes the number of tickets...
- 548.061 Closed circuit television.
Each person or club that holds or shows any matches on a closed circuit telecast viewed within this state, whether originating within this state or...
- 548.064 Destruction of ticket or ticket stub.
It is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for any promoter or person associated with or...
- 548.066 Ticket refunds.
(1) Upon the postponement, substitution of either participant, or cancellation of the main event or the entire program of matches, the promoter shall refund the full...
- 548.069 Age of spectators.
A person under 16 years of age may not attend a match unless such person is accompanied by an adult or unless the exhibition is...
- 548.07 Suspension of license or permit by commissioner; hearing.
Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 120, any member of the commission may, upon her or his own motion or upon the verified written complaint of...
- 548.071 Suspension or revocation of license or permit by commission.
The commission may suspend or revoke a license or permit if the commission finds that the licensee or permittee: (1) Is guilty of violating this chapter...
- 548.073 Commission hearings.
Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 120, any member of the commission may conduct a hearing. Before any adjudication is rendered, a majority of the members...
- 548.074 Power to administer oaths, take depositions, and issue subpoenas.
For the purpose of any investigation or proceeding conducted pursuant to this chapter, the department shall have the power to administer oaths, take depositions, make...
- 548.075 Administrative fines; citations.
(1) The commission may impose a fine of not more than $5,000 for any violation of this chapter in lieu of or in addition to any...
- 548.077 Florida State Boxing Commission; collection and disposition of moneys.
All fees, fines, forfeitures, and other moneys collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid by the commission to the Chief Financial Officer...
- 548.079 Misdemeanors.
Unless otherwise specified, any person convicted of any offense set forth in this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as...
