§3302. Application for registration.

(a) Procedure.--An applicant for registration shall submit an application for registration to the commission in writing on a form supplied by the commission and approved by the department. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the application must be in the name of an individual and be verified by the applicant and must state, contain or be accompanied by:

(1) The information required by this chapter and such other information as the commission may reasonably require.

(2) A processing fee of $100.

(3) The name of the applicant and the address of the applicant's principal place of business.

(4) The name of the applicant's business or employer, if applicable.

(5) Any business or occupation engaged in by the applicant for the five years next preceding the date of submission of the application.

(6) A description of the applicant's:

(i) Formal training as an athlete agent.

(ii) Practical experience as an athlete agent.

(iii) Educational background relating to the applicant's activities as an athlete agent.

(7) The names and addresses of three individuals not related to the applicant who are willing to serve as references.

(8) The name, sport and last known team for each individual for whom the applicant provided services as an athlete agent during the five years next preceding the date of submission of the application.

(9) The names and addresses of all persons who are:

(i) With respect to the athlete agent's business if it is not a corporation, the partners, officers, associates or profit-sharers.

(ii) With respect to a corporation employing the athlete agent, the officers, directors and any shareholder of the corporation with a 5% or greater interest.

(10) Whether the applicant or any other person named pursuant to paragraph (9) has been convicted of a crime that, if committed in this Commonwealth, would be a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude, and identify the crime.

(11) Whether there has been any administrative or judicial determination that the applicant or any other person named pursuant to paragraph (9) has made a false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent representation.

(12) Any instance in which the conduct of the applicant or any other person named pursuant to paragraph (9) resulted in the imposition of a sanction, suspension or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic event on a student athlete or educational institution.

(13) Any sanction, suspension or disciplinary action taken against the applicant or any other person named pursuant to paragraph (9) arising out of occupational or professional conduct.

(14) Whether there has been any denial of an application for, suspension or revocation of or refusal to renew the registration or licensure of the applicant or any other person named pursuant to paragraph (9) as an athlete agent in any state.

(b) Out-of-State agents.--A person who has submitted an application for and received a certificate of registration or licensure as an athlete agent in another state may submit a copy of the application and a valid certificate of registration or licensure from the other state in lieu of submitting an application in the form prescribed pursuant to subsection (a). The commission shall accept the application and the certificate from the other state as an application for registration in this Commonwealth if the application to the other state:

(1) Was submitted in the other state within the six months next preceding the submission of the application in this Commonwealth and the applicant certifies the information contained in the application is current.

(2) Contains information substantially similar to or more comprehensive than that required in an application submitted in this Commonwealth.

(3) Was signed by the applicant.

(4) The unregistered out-of-State agent has never had registration issued under this chapter or a predecessor statute revoked by the commission.

(c) Criminal background check.--Every applicant shall complete an application or process as may be necessary to request the Pennsylvania State Police to provide a copy of the applicant's criminal history record to the commission.

Notation

Cross References.  Section 3302 is referred to in section 3303 of this title.