The attorney general may refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke a license for any one of the following grounds:

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Terms Used In North Dakota Code 43-31-10

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

1.    Material misstatement in the application for original license or in the application for any renewal license under this chapter.

2.    Willful disregard or violation of this chapter or of any regulation or rule issued pursuant thereto.

3.    Conviction of an offense determined by the attorney general to have a direct bearing upon a person‘s ability to serve the public as an examiner, or when the attorney general determines, following a person’s conviction of any offense, that the person is not sufficiently rehabilitated under section 12.1-33-02.1.

4.    Making any willful misrepresentation or false promises or causing to be printed any false or misleading advertisement for the purpose of directly or indirectly obtaining business or trainees.

5.    Allowing one’s license under this chapter to be used by an unlicensed person in violation of the provisions of this chapter.

6.    Willfully aiding or abetting another in the violation of this chapter or of any rule issued by the attorney general pursuant thereto.

7.    The licenseholder has been adjudged mentally ill, mentally deficient, or in need of mental treatment.

8.    Failing, within a reasonable time, to provide information requested by the attorney general as the result of a formal or informal complaint to the attorney general, which would indicate a violation of this chapter.