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440.992 Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; renewal.440.992(1)
(1) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2), the department shall issue a certificate of registration to an individual who complies with s. 440.9915 (1) or whose application has been accepted under s. 440.9915 (2), if the individual has paid the initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a).440.992(2)
(2) The department may refuse to issue a certificate of registration if the department determines that the applicant has engaged in conduct that has a significant adverse effect on the applicant's fitness to act as an athlete agent. In making the determination, the department may consider whether the applicant has done any of the following:440.992(2)(a)
(a) Subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, been convicted of a crime that, if committed in this state, would be a felony.440.992(2)(b)
(b) Made a materially false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation in the application or as an athlete agent.440.992(2)(c)
(c) Engaged in unprofessional conduct or conduct that would disqualify the applicant from serving in a fiduciary capacity.440.992(2)(d)
(d) Engaged in conduct prohibited by s. 440.996.440.992(2)(e)
(e) Had a registration or licensure as an athlete agent suspended, revoked, or denied or been refused renewal of registration or licensure as an athlete agent in any state.440.992(2)(f)
(f) Engaged in conduct the consequence of which was that a sanction, suspension, or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic event was imposed on a student athlete or educational institution.440.992(2)(g)
(g) Engaged in conduct that significantly adversely reflects on the applicant's credibility, honesty, or integrity.440.992(3)
(3) In making a determination under sub. (2), the department shall consider each of the following:440.992(3)(a)
(a) How recently the conduct occurred.440.992(3)(b)
(b) The nature of the conduct and the context in which it occurred.440.992(3)(c)
(c) Any other relevant conduct of the applicant.440.992(4)
(4) An athlete agent may apply to renew a registration by submitting an application for renewal in a form prescribed by the department. The application for renewal must be signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury and must contain current information on all matters required in an original registration. Applications submitted under this subsection shall be open to inspection at all reasonable hours authorized by representatives of the department.440.992(5)
(5) An individual who has submitted an application for renewal of registration or licensure in another state, in lieu of submitting an application for renewal in the form prescribed under sub. (4), may file a copy of the application for renewal and a valid certificate of registration or licensure from the other state. The department shall accept the application for renewal from the other state as an application for renewal in this state if the application to the other state satisfies all of the following:440.992(5)(a)
(a) The application was submitted in the other state within the 6 months next preceding the filing in this state and the applicant certifies that the information contained in the application for renewal is current.440.992(5)(b)
(b) The application contains information substantially similar to or more comprehensive than that required in an application for renewal submitted in this state.440.992(5)(c)
(c) The application was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.440.992(6)
(6) A certificate of registration or a renewal of a registration is valid for 2 years.440.992 - ANNOT.
History: 2003 a. 150; 2005 a. 25; 2007 a. 20.440.992 - ANNOT.
Cross Reference: See also chs. RL 151 and 152, Wis. adm. code.