California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 8 — Special Business Regulations, Chapter 2 — Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts, Article 9 — Martial Arts, Section 18768
The commission shall not function as a sanctioning body, nor shall it grant titles to fighters or to individual events. This function shall be retained by such professional and amateur full-contact kickboxing and martial arts associations operating on a local, statewide, regional, national or international level, which shall, when operating in California, observe such rules and regulations adopted by the commission.
Notes
Prohibits the commission from acting as a sanctioning body or granting titles to fighters or individual events. Those functions remain with professional and amateur full-contact kickboxing and martial arts associations operating at local through international levels, but when operating in California those associations must follow commission rules and regulations.
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