An employment agency may not: (1) knowingly refer a client to a job if any condition of the job violates any law; (2) refer a client to an establishment where a labor dispute exists; (3) as a condition of providing service to a client, require the client before acceptance of a job to execute: (i) a promissory note; or (ii) an instrument with warrant of attorney that authorizes confession of judgment; (4) advertise a job for which there is no order by an employer on file; (5) send a client to an employer for a job with no order on file for the job unless: (i) the employer previously requested regular interviews with qualified clients, the client is qualified, and the employment agency confirms the request before sending the client to the employer; or (ii) the employment agency tells the client that the employment agency has no order for the job; (6) split a fee with an employer or representative of an employer, except that the employment agency may accept from an employer all or part of a service fee for a client if the employment agency tells the client of the payment; (7) charge a client a registration fee or collect in advance from a client a payment for service to be performed for the client to obtain employment; (8) publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, or misleading information or promise; (9) solicit for other employment an individual who is employed by an employer with whom the employment agency placed the individual, unless the individual reactivates the application; (10) engage in fraud or dishonest dealing; or (11) violate this title.
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