2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 398 - Intercollegiate Athletics
NRS 398.460 - Issuance of certificate of registration; grounds for denial by Secretary of State.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of registration to a natural person who complies with NRS 398.452 or whose application has been accepted under NRS 398.456.

2. 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 s agent. In making this determination, the Secretary of State may consider whether the applicant has:

(a) Been convicted of a crime that, if committed in this state, would be a crime involving moral turpitude or a felony relating to the applicant s fitness to act as an athlete s agent;

(b) Made a materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent representation in his or her application or as an athlete s agent;

(c) Engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from serving in a fiduciary capacity;

(d) Engaged in conduct prohibited by NRS 398.496;

(e) Had registration or licensure as an athlete s agent suspended, revoked or denied, or been refused renewal of registration or licensure as an athlete s agent, in any state;

(f) Engaged in conduct whose consequence 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 an institution; or

(g) Engaged in conduct that significantly adversely reflects on the applicant s credibility, honesty or integrity.

3. In making a determination pursuant to subsection 2, the Secretary of State shall consider:

(a) How recently the conduct occurred;

(b) The nature of the conduct and the context in which it occurred; and

(c) Any other relevant conduct of the applicant.

(Added to NRS by 2001, 1301; A 2003, 2698)