Oregon Statutes 463.165 – Licensing of officials; compensation and reimbursement; qualifications; rules
(1) The Superintendent of State Police shall license referees, judges, inspectors and timekeepers and shall assign the licensed referees, judges, inspectors and timekeepers to officiate at unarmed combat sports events regulated by the Oregon State Athletic Commission.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 463.165
- 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
- Judge: means a person licensed by the Superintendent of State Police who is at cageside or ringside during an unarmed combat sports event and who has the responsibility of scoring the bout of the competitors in the event. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
- 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
- Promoter: means a person licensed by the superintendent who arranges, gives, holds or conducts an entertainment wrestling or unarmed combat sports event in this state and who is legally responsible for the lawful conduct of the 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) A promoter of an unarmed combat sports event shall pay a licensed referee, judge, inspector or timekeeper who is assigned to the unarmed combat sports event regulated by the commission at a rate established by the superintendent by rule. The promoter shall reimburse the licensed referee, judge, inspector or timekeeper for mileage and lodging costs incurred by the referee, judge, inspector or timekeeper at rates established by the superintendent by rule.
(3) The commission shall recommend, and the superintendent shall adopt, reasonable qualifications for licensure as a promoter, manager, matchmaker, unarmed combat sports competitor, inspector, judge, referee, second or timekeeper.
(4) The superintendent may deny an application for a license if the applicant fails to meet the established qualifications or has violated any provisions of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(5) This section does not apply to unarmed combat sports competitors, inspectors, judges, referees or timekeepers for unarmed combat sports events supervised by an approved amateur athletic organization. [1987 c.789 § 8; 1993 c.742 § 126; 1993 c.744 § 211b; 2007 c.585 § 14; 2017 c.235 § 13]
[Amended by 1965 c.200 § 11; 1967 c.611 § 1; repealed by 1987 c.789 § 24]