2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations › Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts › Section 436.233 - Sanctioning of certificate of registration, when — complaint procedure.

Title XXVIII CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS
Chapter 436
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
436.233. Sanctioning of certificate of registration, when — complaint procedure. —
1. The director may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any certificate of registration required under this chapter for one or any combination of causes stated in subsection 2 of this section. The director shall notify the applicant in writing of the reasons for the refusal and shall advise the applicant of the applicant's right to file a complaint with the administrative hearing commission as provided by chapter 621.
2. The director may cause a complaint to be filed with the administrative hearing commission as provided by chapter 621 against any holder of any certificate of registration required by this chapter or any person who has failed to renew or has surrendered the person's certificate of registration for any one or any combination of the following causes:
(1) The person has been finally adjudicated and found guilty, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, in a criminal prosecution under the laws of any state or of the United States, for any offense reasonably related to the qualifications, functions or duties under this chapter, for any offense an essential element of which is fraud, dishonesty or an act of violence, or for any offense involving moral turpitude, whether or not sentence is imposed;
(2) Use of fraud, deception, misrepresentation or bribery in securing any certificate of registration under this chapter;
(3) Misconduct, fraud, misrepresentation, dishonesty, unethical conduct or unprofessional conduct in the performance of the functions regulated by this chapter including but not limited to the following:
(a) Obtaining or attempting to obtain any fee, charge, tuition, or other compensation by fraud, deception, or misrepresentation;
(b) Attempting directly or indirectly by way of intimidation, coercion or deception to obtain consultation;
(c) Failure to comply with any subpoena or subpoena duces tecum from the director;
(d) Failing to inform the director of the athlete agent's current residence and business address;
(4) Violation of, or attempting to violate, directly or indirectly, or assisting or enabling any person to violate, any provision of this chapter, or of any lawful rule or regulation adopted under this chapter;
(5) Impersonation of any person holding a certificate of registration or allowing any person to use his or her certificate of registration;
(6) Violation of the drug laws or rules and regulations of this state, any other state, or the federal government;
(7) Knowingly making, or causing to be made, or aiding, or abetting in the making of, a false statement in any birth or other certificate or document executed in connection with the transaction;
(8) Soliciting patronage in person, by agents, by representatives, or by any other means or manner, under the person's own name or under the name of another person or concern, actual or pretended in such a manner as to confuse, deceive, or mislead the public;
(9) A pattern of personal use or consumption of any controlled substance unless it is prescribed, dispensed or administered by a physician who is authorized by law to do so.
3. After the filing of such complaint before the administrative hearing commission, the proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 621. Upon a finding by the administrative hearing commission that the grounds provided in subsection 2 of this section for disciplinary action are met the director may singly or in combination warn, censure, or place the person named in the complaint on probation on such terms and conditions as the director deems appropriate for a period not to exceed six months, or may suspend the person's certificate of registration period not to exceed one year, or restrict or limit the person's certificate of registration for an indefinite period of time, or revoke the person's certificate of registration.
4. In any order of revocation, the director may provide that the person may not apply for reinstatement of the person's certificate of registration for a period of time ranging from two to seven years following the date of the order of revocation. All stay orders shall toll this time period.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 1122)