Md. Code, Business Regulation § 4-101
This is the official text of Md. Code, Business Regulation § 4-101, part of Maryland’s Code, Business Regulation — governs general business licensing and regulation.
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§4–101.
Official statutory text
(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Boxing” includes sparring.
(c) “Commission” means the State Athletic Commission.
(d) (1) “Contest” means a boxing, kick boxing, or wrestling:
(i) competition;
(ii) exhibition;
(iii) match;
(iv) performance; or
(v) show.
(2) “Contest” includes a mixed martial arts:
(i) competition;
(ii) match;
(iii) performance; or
(iv) show.
(3) “Contest” does not include a mixed martial arts exhibition.
(e) “Contestant” means an individual who participates in a boxing, professional kick boxing, amateur kick boxing, professional mixed martial arts, or amateur mixed martial arts contest.
(f) “Mixed martial arts” means a competition in which contestants use interdisciplinary forms of fighting, including various forms of martial arts, involving:
(1) striking with the hands, feet, knees, or elbows; and
(2) grappling by take–downs, throws, submissions, or choke holds.
(g) “Mixed martial arts exhibition” means mixed martial arts where:
(1) contact to the body is permitted in only a restrained manner;
(2) contact to the head is not permitted; and
(3) no contact is permitted that may result, or is intended to result, in physical harm to an opponent.
(b) “Boxing” includes sparring.
(c) “Commission” means the State Athletic Commission.
(d) (1) “Contest” means a boxing, kick boxing, or wrestling:
(i) competition;
(ii) exhibition;
(iii) match;
(iv) performance; or
(v) show.
(2) “Contest” includes a mixed martial arts:
(i) competition;
(ii) match;
(iii) performance; or
(iv) show.
(3) “Contest” does not include a mixed martial arts exhibition.
(e) “Contestant” means an individual who participates in a boxing, professional kick boxing, amateur kick boxing, professional mixed martial arts, or amateur mixed martial arts contest.
(f) “Mixed martial arts” means a competition in which contestants use interdisciplinary forms of fighting, including various forms of martial arts, involving:
(1) striking with the hands, feet, knees, or elbows; and
(2) grappling by take–downs, throws, submissions, or choke holds.
(g) “Mixed martial arts exhibition” means mixed martial arts where:
(1) contact to the body is permitted in only a restrained manner;
(2) contact to the head is not permitted; and
(3) no contact is permitted that may result, or is intended to result, in physical harm to an opponent.
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