OAR 441-175-0140: Disqualification from Automatic Licensing

(1) For purposes of this rule, principal means a person who is engaged in the management of an enterprise including supervision, solicitation, conduct of the enterprise, or training of persons associated with the enterprise. Principal includes sole proprietors, officers, partners, directors, and persons owning ten percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the enterprise or of a control person of the enterprise. (2) A person is not qualified for automatic licensing if the person: (a) Has been a principal of a broker-dealer or state or federal covered investment adviser which has had its license or notice denied, suspended or revoked by the director; (b) Has had a license or notice suspended or revoked by the director or a previous application for license denied by the director; (c) Has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or no contest to any felony; (d) Has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or no contest to any misdemeanor involving investments or an investment-related business, fraud, false statements or omissions, wrongful taking of property or bribery, counterfeiting, extortion or gambling; (e) Has been charged, either individually or as a member of an enterprise in which the person was a principal, with any felony or with a misdemeanor specified in subsection (d) of this section; (f) Has been enjoined by a court in connection with any investment-related activity or has been found by a court to have violated investment-related statutes or regulations; (g) Has been found by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission: (A) To have made a false statement or omission; (B) To have violated investment-related statutes or regulations; or (C) To have been a cause of an investment-related enterprise having its authorization to do business denied, suspended, revoked, or restricted. (h) Has been the subject of an order by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission denying, suspending, or revoking a registration or restricting activities; (i) Has been found by any federal or state regulatory agency: (A) To have made a false statement or omission or to have been dishonest, unfair, or unethical; (B) To have violated investment-related statutes or regulations; or (C) To have been a cause of an investment-related business having its authorization to do business denied, suspended, revoked, or restricted. (j) Has been the subject of an order by any federal or state agency in connection with any investment-related activity; (k) Has had any federal or state agency deny, suspend, or revoke a registration, license or notice or otherwise prevent the person from associating with an investment-related business or otherwise discipline the person by restriction of activities; (l) Has had any federal or state agency revoke or suspend a professional license as an attorney, accountant, or public contractor; (m) Has been found by any self-regulatory organization or commodities exchange: (A) To have made a false statement or omissions; (B) To have violated the rules of the self-regulatory organization or commodities exchange; or (C) To have been a cause of an investment-related business having its authorization to do business denied, suspended, revoked, or restricted. (n) Has been disciplined by expulsion or suspension from membership of any self-regulatory organization or commodities exchange; (o) Has been barred or suspended from association with a member of a self-regulatory organization or commodities exchange; (p) Has had activities restricted by any self-regulatory organization or commodities exchange; (q) Has been the subject of an order issued by a foreign government, court, regulatory agency, or exchange relating to investments or fraud; (r) Has been the subject of an investment-related complaint or proceeding initiated by a consumer which: (A) Resulted in an arbitration award or civil judgment against the appellant regardless of the amount, alleged sales practices violations which is still pending, or was settled for an amount of $10,000 or more; or (B) Was settled or decided against the person individually or as part of a group for $10,000 or more; or (C) Within the past 24 months, alleged sales practices violations and compensatory damages of $5,000 or more, or alleged forgery, theft, misappropriation or conversion of funds or securities. (s) Is the subject of any complaint, investigation, or proceeding specified in subsections (2)(a) through (r) of this rule; (t) Has been denied a securities-related bond or similar instrument, has had such a bond or similar instrument revoked, or has been the cause for payout on such a bond or similar instrument; (u) Has any unsatisfied judgments or liens against the person; (v) Has failed in business, made a compromise with creditors, filed a bankruptcy petition, or been declared bankrupt; (w) Has been a principal of a firm which failed in business, made a compromise with creditors, filed a bankruptcy petition, was declared bankrupt, had a trustee appointed under the Securities Investors Protection Act, or had a direct payment procedure initiated; or (x) Has been discharged or permitted to resign based on allegations of: (A) Violations of investment-related statutes, regulations, rules, or investment industry standards of conduct; (B) Fraud or the wrongful taking of property; or (C) Failure to supervise in connection with investment-related statutes, regulations, rules, or investment industry standards of conduct.