Fla. Stat. § 548.001
Short title
Sections 548.001-548.079 shall be known and may be cited as the “Joe Lang Kershaw Act.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 548 — PUGILISTIC EXHIBITIONS
Florida · statute · Fla. Stat. ch. 548 · 49 active provisions
Fla. Stat. § 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, either for the expenses of training or for participating in a match, other than a prize of $50 or less in value.(2) “Amateur sanctioning organization” means a business entity organ…
Fla. Stat. § 548.003
Florida Athletic Commission
(1) The Florida Athletic Commission is created and is assigned to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation for administrative and fiscal accountability purposes only. The commission shall consist of five members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. One member must be a physici…
Fla. Stat. § 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 executive director or the executive director’s designee shall perform the duties specified by the commission, including conducting the functions of the comm…
Fla. Stat. § 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 and cost-effective regulation, the commission and the department, where appropriate, shall develop and implement a long-range policy planning…
Fla. Stat. § 548.006
Power of commission to control professional and amateur boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts matches; certification of competitiveness of professional mixed martial arts and kickboxing matches
(1) The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over every boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts match held within the state which involves a professional.(2) As to professional mixed martial arts and kickboxing, until a central repository of match records for each exists and is approved by the commission, the match…
Fla. Stat. § 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 it is sanctioned and supervised by an amateur sanctioning organization approved by the commission. An approved amateur sanctioning organization may only sanction and supervise…
Fla. Stat. § 548.007
Exemptions
This chapter does not apply to any of the following:(1) A match that does not allow full contact if the match is limited to amateur participants.(2) A match conducted or sponsored by a company or detachment of the Florida National Guard or the United States Armed Forces, if the match is limited to amateurs who are memb…
Fla. Stat. § 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 it is sanctioned and supervised by an amateur sanctioning organization approved by the commission as required by this chapter.(2) No professional match may be held in this sta…
Fla. Stat. § 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.
Fla. Stat. § 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.(2) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
Fla. Stat. § 548.014
Promoters; bonds or other security
(1)(a) Before a license is issued or renewed to a promoter and before a permit is issued to a promoter, she or he must file a surety bond with the commission in a reasonable amount determined by the commission of at least $15,000.(b) All bonds must be upon forms approved and supplied by the commission.(c) The sufficien…
Fla. Stat. § 548.017
Participants, managers, and other persons required to have licenses
(1) A participant, manager, trainer, second, referee, judge, physician, matchmaker, or promoter must be licensed before directly or indirectly acting in such capacity in connection with any match involving a participant. A physician approved by the commission must be licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or chapter 459, mus…
Fla. Stat. § 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 security number.(b) Be verified by the applicant.(c) Be complete and have attached to the application any photographs and other exhibits required.(2) Pursuant to the federa…
Fla. Stat. § 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, to appear before the commission for an oral examination, under oath, as to her or his qualifications.
Fla. Stat. § 548.024
Background investigation of applicants for licensure
If the commission requires a background criminal history investigation of any applicant, it shall require the applicant to submit to the department fingerprints for this purpose. The fingerprints shall be forwarded to the Division of Criminal Justice Information Systems within the Department of Law Enforcement and the…
Fla. Stat. § 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.
Fla. Stat. § 548.026
Duration of license
Each license shall expire on December 31 next following the date on which it was issued.
Fla. Stat. § 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, partner, officer, director, or owner that has been convicted of any act, that would constitute a violation of this chapter or would constitute any of the grounds set forth in this cha…
Fla. Stat. § 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 permit shall specify the location and time of the program.
Fla. Stat. § 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 or resolution prohibiting such matches.
Fla. Stat. § 548.035
Permit fees
The commission shall set permit fees for professional matches at $1,800 per event. For purposes of this section, an “event” is one or more matches comprising a show.
Fla. Stat. § 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 be sold more tickets of admission for any match than can be accommodated by the seating capacity of the premises where the match is to be held.
Fla. Stat. § 548.041
Age, condition, and suspension of participants
(1) A person may not be licensed as a participant, and the license of a participant shall be suspended or revoked, if such person:(a) Is under the age of 18;(b) Has participated in a match in this state which was not sanctioned by the commission or by a Native American commission properly constituted under federal law;…
Fla. Stat. § 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.
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