California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 8 — Special Business Regulations, Chapter 2 — Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts, Article 7 — Regulation of Contests, Section 18702
(a) No person under 18 years of age shall participate as a contestant in any professional contest or match or exhibition.
(b) Any person, irrespective of age, may participate as a contestant in an amateur contest, match, or exhibition with the approval of the commission subject to Section 18642.
(c) Consistent with Section 18640, the commission shall have jurisdiction over all forms and combinations of forms of full contact martial arts contests involving participants 18 years of age or younger.
Notes
Prohibits anyone under 18 from participating as a contestant in a professional contest, match, or exhibition. It allows a person of any age to participate in an amateur event with commission approval subject to the referenced provision, and gives the commission jurisdiction over all full-contact martial arts forms and combinations involving participants age 18 or younger.
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