23-3-603. Discipline. (1) A license issued under the provisions of this chapter may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, be revoked or suspended by the board for a violation of the provisions of this chapter or any rule of the board.
     (2) The board may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, reprimand any professional or semiprofessional athlete or suspend, for a period not to exceed 1 year, his right to participate in any match or exhibition conducted by any licensee for:
     (a) unsportsmanlike conduct while engaged in or arising directly from any match or exhibition;
     (b) failure to compete in good faith or engaging in any sham match or exhibition; or
     (c) the use of threatening or abusive language toward officials or spectators.

     History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 506, L. 1983.