23-3-404. Jurisdiction -- license required -- contestant participation. (1) The department has sole management, control, and jurisdiction over each professional or semiprofessional combative event involving recognition, a prize, or a 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 combative event conducted:
     (a) by a university, college, or high school; or
     (b) by the military.
     (2) An organization or individual may not conduct a combative event within the department's jurisdiction unless the organization or individual is the holder of an appropriate license granted by the department.
     (3) A referee, manager, or judge may not participate in a combative event within the department's jurisdiction unless:
     (a) the individual is licensed by the department; and
     (b) the combative event is conducted by an organization or individual licensed by the department.
     (4) A contestant may not participate in a combative event within the department's jurisdiction unless:
     (a) the contestant is licensed by the department;
     (b) the combative event is conducted by an organization or individual licensed by the department; and
     (c) the department has not suspended the right of the contestant to participate under 23-3-603.

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 506, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 97, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 11, L. 2007.