<section number="58-87-203"><effdate>7/1/2026</effdate><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2026GS">64</modchap>, 2026 General Session</history><modyear>2026</modyear></histories><catchline>Certificate of registration -- Issuance or denial -- Renewal.</catchline><subsection number="58-87-203(1)">Except as otherwise provided in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="58-87-203(2)" start="0">(2)</xref>, the division shall issue a certificate of registration to an applicant for registration who complies with Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="58-87-202(1)" start="0">58-87-202(1)</xref>.</subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(2)">The division may refuse to issue a certificate of registration to an applicant for registration under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="58-87-202(1)" start="0">58-87-202(1)</xref> if the division determines that the applicant has engaged in conduct that significantly adversely reflects on the applicant's fitness to act as an athlete agent. In making the determination, the division may consider whether the applicant has:<subsection number="58-87-203(2)(a)">pleaded guilty or no contest to, has been convicted of, or has charges pending for, any crime that would be considered a felony in this state or any other crime that, when considered with the functions and duties of the profession, bears a substantial relationship to the applicant's ability to safely or competently perform as an athlete agent;</subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(2)(b)">made a materially false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation in the application or as an athlete agent;</subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(2)(c)">engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from serving in a fiduciary capacity;</subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(2)(d)">engaged in conduct Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="58-87-401" start="0">58-87-401</xref> prohibits;</subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(2)(e)">had a registration as an athlete agent suspended, revoked, or denied in any state;</subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(2)(f)">been refused renewal of registration as an athlete agent in any state;</subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(2)(g)">engaged in conduct resulting in imposition of a sanction, suspension, or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or professional athletic event on a student athlete or a sanction on an educational institution; or</subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(2)(h)">engaged in conduct that adversely reflects on the applicant's credibility, honesty, or integrity.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(3)">In making a determination under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="58-87-203(2)" start="0">(2)</xref>, the division shall consider:<subsection number="58-87-203(3)(a)">how recently the conduct occurred;</subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(3)(b)">the nature of the conduct and the context in which the conduct occurred; and</subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(3)(c)">other relevant conduct of the applicant.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(4)">An athlete agent registered under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="58-87-203(1)" start="0">(1)</xref> may apply to renew the registration by submitting an application for renewal in a form the division approves. The applicant shall sign the application for renewal under penalty of perjury and include current information on all matters required in an original application for registration.</subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(5)">An athlete agent registered under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="58-87-202(2)" start="0">58-87-202(2)</xref> may renew the registration by proceeding under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="58-87-203(4)" start="0">(4)</xref> or, if the registration in the other state has been renewed, by submitting to the division copies of the application for renewal in the other state and the renewed registration from the other state. The division shall renew the registration if the division determines:<subsection number="58-87-203(5)(a)">the registration requirements of the other state are substantially similar to or more restrictive than this chapter; and</subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(5)(b)">the renewed registration has not been suspended or revoked and no action involving the individual's conduct as an athlete agent is pending against the individual or the individual's registration in any state.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="58-87-203(6)">A certificate of registration or a renewal of a registration is valid for two years.</subsection></section>