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§ 606. Sanctioning permits--Exemptions

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 3A. Amusements and SportsEffective: November 1, 2021

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 3a. Amusements and Sports
Chapter 6. Oklahoma State Athletic Commission Act
Effective: November 1, 2021
3A Okl.St.Ann. § 606
§ 606. Sanctioning permits--Exemptions
Currentness
A. The Oklahoma State Athletic Commission is hereby vested with jurisdiction to issue sanctioning permits for all professional combative sports contests and exhibitions, for all amateur mixed martial arts contests and exhibitions and all amateur kickboxing contests and exhibitions held or given within this state and to issue licenses for participants of sanctioned contests and exhibitions.
B. 1. No person shall promote, nor shall any person participate in, a professional combative sports event or an amateur mixed martial arts event or an amateur kickboxing event unless the event is sanctioned by the Commission.
2. Except as provided in paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection C of this section, no person shall promote an amateur combative sports event unless the event has been sanctioned by the Commission.
3. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall be punishable pursuant to the provisions of Section 615 of this title.
C. Specifically exempt from the provisions of the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission Act are the amateur combative sports contests or exhibitions conducted or sponsored by:
1. Any school, college, or university where the participants are students regularly enrolled in such institutions and the instructors, coaches, and trainers are employees of such institutions. The term “school, college, or university” shall not include a school or other institution whose principal purpose is to furnish instruction in combative sports or sparring;
2. Any military installation or branch of the Armed Forces where the participants are employed by the military installation or are members of the branch of the Armed Forces sponsoring the contest or exhibition;
3. USA Boxing; and
4. The International Olympic Committee.
D. The following persons are specifically exempt from the provisions of the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission Act:
1. Practitioners and instructors of the martial arts as defined in Section 602 of this title; and
2. Instructors of amateur combative sports practitioners if such instructors are not required to be licensed pursuant to other provisions of the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission Act.

Credits

Laws 1994, c. 240, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 202, § 4, emerg. eff. May 19, 1995; Laws 1999, c. 210, § 6, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2007, c. 178, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2008, c. 329, § 7, eff. July 1, 2008; Laws 2009, c. 249, § 2, emerg. eff. May 22, 2009; Laws 2012, c. 359, § 6; Laws 2021, c. 209, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
3A Okl. St. Ann. § 606, OK ST T. 3A § 606
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 29 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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