Applicability

(1) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all amateur unarmed combat events held or scheduled to be held in the state of Tennessee except: (a) Those events held by schools, colleges and universities having membership in either the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association or the National Collegiate Athletic Association wherein the participants are bona fide students in the school, college, or university; (b) Any event conducted solely for the exhibition of student skills related to a school; or (c) Any event in which the rules allow only semi-contact and in which no knockouts are allowed.