23-3-404. Board jurisdiction -- license required -- contestant participation. (1) The board has sole management, control, and jurisdiction over each professional or semiprofessional wrestling or boxing match or exhibition, including "so you think you are tough" boxing matches and mud wrestling, involving recognition, a prize, or purse and at which an admission fee is charged, either directly or indirectly, in the form of dues or otherwise, to be held within the state, except a match or exhibition conducted:
     (a) by a university, college, or high school;
     (b) by the military; or
     (c) for contestants under 16 years of age, by a recognized amateur association.
     (2) No organization or individual may conduct a match or exhibition within the board's jurisdiction unless it or he is the holder of an appropriate license granted by the board.
     (3) No referee, manager, or judge may participate in a match or exhibition within the board's jurisdiction unless he is licensed by the board and the match or exhibition is conducted by an organization or individual licensed by the board.
     (4) No professional or semiprofessional boxer or wrestler may participate in a match or exhibition within the board's jurisdiction unless he is licensed by the board and the match or exhibition is conducted by an organization or individual licensed by the board and his right to participate has not been suspended under 23-3-603.

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 506, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 97, L. 1985.