                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXEMPTIONS (§ 54.1-830)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:

1. Amateur wrestling bouts;

2. Amateur exhibition bouts 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.

HISTORY: 1998, c. 895; 2015, cc. 216, 264; 2016, c. 756; 2025, cc. 95, 111.