(1) A private investigator agent may create a private investigation agency that complies with the requirements of this section. (2) If a private investigator agent creates a private investigation agency: (a) the private investigation agency may not transfer to another private investigator agent; (b) the private investigation agency is considered to be under the control of the private investigator agent; and (c) the private investigator agent shall file an application with the division for a private investigation agency license. (3) When applying for a private investigation agency license, a private investigator agent shall: (a) state in the application that the private investigator agent: (i) is licensed and in good standing as a private investigator agent under this chapter; (ii) is not involved in an activity that would conflict with the private investigator agent's duties and responsibilities under this chapter; and (iii) is not an employee of a government agency; and (b) file with the application evidence of: (i) registration with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code and as required by applicable law with the: (A) Unemployment Insurance Division in the Department of Workforce Services, in accordance with Title 35A, Chapter 4, Employment Security Act; (B) State Tax Commission; and (C) Internal Revenue Service; and (ii) comprehensive general liability insurance in a form and in an amount the division establishes by rule in collaboration with the board and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; and (iii) workers' compensation insurance that covers any employee of the applicant in accordance with applicable laws of this state. (4) (a) The division shall issue a private investigation agency license to a private investigator agent that meets the requirements of this section. (b) A private investigation agency license the division issues under this Subsection (4): (i) may not transfer from the private investigator agent that receives the private investigation agency license to another private investigator agent; and (ii) expires on the day on which the private investigator agent's license expires. (5) On or after the day on which the division issues the private investigator agent a private investigation agency license, the private investigator agent: (a) may: (i) employ or contract with a private investigator agent, a private investigator registrant, or private investigator apprentice to engage in private investigation; and (ii) employ other employees as necessary to carry out the private investigator agent's business; and (b) shall meet with the division and the board, if requested, and demonstrate that the private investigator agent's private investigation agency meets the requirements of this section.
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