Oregon Statutes 463.025 – Licensing of competitors, managers and other officials; fees; rules
(1) A person may not act as an unarmed combat sports competitor, official, manager, second for a professional unarmed combat sports competitor or matchmaker unless the person is licensed pursuant to this chapter.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 463.025
- Amateur athletic organization: means an entity organized and operated exclusively to foster state, national and international amateur unarmed combat sports competition. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
- Event: means an unarmed combat sports or entertainment wrestling match, bout, contest, exhibition or performance. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Manager: means a person licensed by the superintendent who does any of the following:
(a) By contract or agreement undertakes to represent the interests of a professional unarmed combat sports competitor in procuring or arranging the conduct of an unarmed combat sports event in which the professional unarmed combat sports competitor is a participant. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
- Matchmaker: means a person licensed by the superintendent who is employed by or associated with a promoter in the capacity of booking and arranging unarmed combat sports events between unarmed combat sports competitors and for whose activities in this regard the promoter is legally responsible. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
- Official: means an individual authorized by the superintendent or an authorized representative of the superintendent to perform duties as assigned by the superintendent or an authorized representative of the superintendent. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
- Person: includes an individual, association, organization, partnership or corporation. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
- Professional unarmed combat sports competitor: means an individual licensed by the superintendent who competes for or has competed for a money prize, purse or compensation in an unarmed combat sports event. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
- Unarmed combat sports: means a form of competition where the intent is to win by striking, knockout, technical knockout or submission. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
- Unarmed combat sports competitor: means an individual licensed by the superintendent who competes in an unarmed combat sports event. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
(2) Application for a license must be made upon a form provided by the Superintendent of State Police and must be accompanied by an annual license fee established by the superintendent by rule.
(3) Each person licensed under this section shall present the license upon request to promoters and representatives of the superintendent, including members of the Oregon State Athletic Commission, as evidence of eligibility to act or perform in the person’s licensed capacities in connection with unarmed combat sports events.
(4) A person under 18 years of age may not be issued a license to act as an unarmed combat sports competitor, manager, official, second or matchmaker.
(5) This section does not apply to an unarmed combat sports competitor, official, manager, second for a professional unarmed combat sports competitor or matchmaker competing or participating in an unarmed combat sports event supervised by an amateur athletic organization. [1987 c.789 § 14; 1991 c.211 § 2; 1993 c.742 § 121; 1993 c.744 § 209a; 2007 c.585 § 3; 2017 c.235 § 3]
[Repealed by 1965 c.200 § 14 (463.031 enacted in lieu of 463.030)]
[1965 c.200 § 15 (enacted in lieu of 463.030); repealed by 1987 c.789 § 24]