Virginia Code 54.1-830: Exemptions
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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 54.1-830
- Amateur: means an individual who has never participated in a boxing, martial arts, or professional wrestling event for money, compensation, or reward other than a suitably inscribed memento. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
- Boxing: means the contact sport of attack or defense using fists. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
- Department: means the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation or its successor. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
- United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255
- Wrestling: means any of several styles of physical competition in which individuals attempt to subdue or unbalance an opponent, including Greco-Roman, freestyle, grappling, or submission, usually practiced as a sport. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
1. Amateur wrestling bouts;
2. Amateur exhibitions and the amateur participants therein;
3. Engagements involving amateur martial arts that are conducted by or held under the sponsorship of (i) any elementary or secondary school or public or private institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth, (ii) the Department of Corrections involving inmates of any state correctional institution, or (iii) the United States Olympic Committee; or
4. Amateur boxing.