(a) Prior to participating in a match, contest, or exhibition of professional boxing, professional wrestling, amateur mixed martial arts, or professional mixed martial arts supervised by the commission, referees, judges, timekeepers, matchmakers, boxers, wrestlers, mixed martial arts competitors, managers, trainers, and each person who assists a boxer, wrestler, or mixed martial arts competitor immediately before and after a match, contest, or exhibition of boxing, wrestling, or mixed martial arts and between rounds during a match, contest, or exhibition of boxing, wrestling, or mixed martial arts shall be required by the commission to apply for and be issued a license. Licenses shall be issued annually and shall expire on December 31 of each calendar year. Each applicant shall make application on a form provided by the commission and pay an annual license fee not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(b) The nonrefundable initial licensing fee and annual renewal fee for a professional wrestling sanctioning organization may not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(c) The commission shall issue a license under this section only if:
(1) The commission has determined to the best of its ability that the applicant has the training or skills necessary to perform in a manner appropriate to the license.
(2) The applicant has complied with all applicable requirements of this article and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this article.
(3) The commission or its designated representative has determined from information provided by the applicant and from any medical evaluation required by the commission that the health, welfare, and physical safety of the applicant will not be unduly jeopardized by the issuance of the license.
(4) The applicant is a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government.
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