Subsection (b) [Maine cite subsection 2] provides for reciprocal use of applications in States which have adopted the Uniform Act. The need for an agent to comply with substantially different application procedures in multiple jurisdictions is eliminated. It is the first of a number of reciprocity provisions found in the act which are intended to ease the burden placed on agents by substantially different registration requirements and to simplify enforcement of the act. Absence of reciprocity provisions in existing acts is a primary reason why the Uniform Act is needed.

§236.__Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; renewal

1.__Issuance of certificate.__Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of registration to an individual who complies with section 235, subsection 1 or whose application has been accepted under section 235, subsection 2.

2.__Refusal to issue certificate.__The commissioner may refuse to issue a certificate of registration if the commissioner 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 commissioner 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;

B.__Made a materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent representation in the application or as an athlete agent;

C.__Engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from serving in a fiduciary capacity;

D.__Engaged in conduct prohibited by section 244;

E.__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;