§ 5-74.1-6. Certificate of registration — Issuance or denial — Renewal.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the secretary of state
shall issue a certificate of registration to an individual who complies with § 5-74.1-5(a) or whose application has been accepted under § 5-74.1-5(b).
(b) The secretary of state may refuse to issue a certificate of registration if the secretary
of state 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 secretary of state may consider whether the applicant has:
(1) Been convicted of a crime that, if committed in this state, would be a felony;
(2) Made a materially false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation in the
application or as an athlete agent;
(3) Engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from serving in a fiduciary
capacity;
(4) Engaged in conduct prohibited by § 5-74.1-14;
(5) 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;
(6) 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; or
(7) Engaged in conduct that significantly adversely reflects on the applicant's credibility,
honesty, or integrity.
(c) In making a determination under subsection (b) of this section, the secretary of state
shall consider:
(1) How recently the conduct occurred;
(2) The nature of the conduct and the context in which it occurred; and
(3) Any other relevant conduct of the applicant.
(d) An athlete agent may apply to renew a registration by submitting an application for
renewal in a form prescribed by the secretary of state. An application filed under
this section is a public record. 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.
(e) 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
pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, may file a copy of the application for
renewal and a valid certificate of registration or licensure from the other state.
The secretary of state 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:
(1) Was submitted in the other state within six (6) months next preceding the filing in
this state and the applicant certifies the information contained in the application
for renewal is current;
(2) Contains information substantially similar to or more comprehensive than that required
in an application for renewal submitted in this state; and
(3) Was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.
(f) A certificate of registration or a renewal of a registration is valid for two (2)
years.
(g) Upon the secretary of state's approval of any registration for an athlete agent, the
secretary of state's office will notify the athletic director of any institution of
higher education within the state of Rhode Island that participates in intercollegiate
athletics at the Division I, II, or III level by providing that office with a copy
of the agent's registration and disclosure statements.