2. Exemptions from licensing.__The following persons are exempt from the licensing requirement of subsection 1:

A.__A person without a place of business in this State that is registered or licensed under the securities act of the state in which the person has its principal place of business if its only clients in this State are:

(1) Federal covered investment advisers, investment advisers licensed under this chapter or broker-dealers licensed under this chapter;

(2) Institutional investors;

(3) Bona fide preexisting clients whose principal places of residence are not in this State if the investment adviser is registered or licensed under the securities act of the state in which the clients maintain principal places of residence; or

(4) Any other client exempted by rule adopted or order issued under this chapter;

B.__A person without a place of business in this State if the person has had, during the preceding 12 months, not more than 5 clients that are resident in this State in addition to those specified under paragraph A; or

C.__Any other person exempted by rule adopted or order issued under this chapter.

3.__Limits on employment or association.__It is unlawful for an investment adviser, directly or indirectly, to employ or associate with an individual to engage in an activity related to investment advice in this State if the license of the individual is suspended or revoked or the individual is barred from employment or association with an investment adviser, federal covered investment adviser or broker-dealer by an order under this chapter, the Securities and Exchange Commission or a self- regulatory organization, unless the investment adviser sustains the burden of proof that the investment adviser did not know, and in the exercise of reasonable care could not have known, of the suspension, revocation or bar. Upon request from the investment adviser and for good cause, the administrator, by