1. A. The Oklahoma Professional Boxing Commission is hereby vested with jurisdiction to issue sanctioning permits for all professional boxing contests and professional exhibitions held or given within this state and licenses for participants of sanctioned contests and exhibitions.

2. B. Specifically exempt from the provisions of the Oklahoma Professional Boxing Licensing Act are the contests or exhibitions conducted or sponsored by:

   1. 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 boxing or sparring;
   2. 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; and
   3. 3. Amateur boxing matches which are sanctioned by a Commission-approved and nationally recognized amateur sanctioning body. To obtain an exemption from the Oklahoma Professional Boxing Licensing Act under this paragraph, a nationally recognized amateur sanctioning body must present itself to the Commission and provide a copy of its rules and bylaws for Commission review and approval. Upon approval, the Commission, or its designated representatives, may visit, attend, investigate and audit, as the Commission deems necessary, any match, event, sanctioning body office or event office for the purpose of determining whether the rules and bylaws of the amateur sanctioning body as submitted to the Commission are being followed. The Commission administrator shall immediately rescind approval of any nationally recognized amateur sanctioning body, pending a hearing, if said sanctioning body is found to be negligent or noncommittal in the enforcement of the rules and bylaws presented to and approved by the Commission.

3. C. The following persons are specifically exempt from the provisions of the Oklahoma Professional Boxing Licensing Act:

   1. 1. Practitioners and instructors of the martial arts as defined in Section 602 of this title; and
   2. 2. Instructors of amateur boxers if such instructors are not required to be licensed pursuant to other provisions of the Oklahoma Professional Boxing Licensing Act.

Laws 1994, SB 1196, c. 240, § 6, eff. September 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1995, SB 666, c. 202, § 4, emerg. eff. May 19, 1995; Amended by Laws 1999, SB 600, c. 210, § 6, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2007, HB 1631, c. 178, § 2, eff. November 1, 2007 (superseded document available).