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(1) An Expediter license shall be revoked if the Agent is finally found guilty of or pleads no defense to bribery or other crime of fraud, dishonesty, breach of trust or deceit, or to a violation of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Law, Act 9 of 1989 (65 P.S. §§ 401 et seq.).
(2) The Department may suspend or revoke a license, and may disqualify an individual from obtaining a license for a future period, for violation of Section 9-2206 ("Prohibited Conduct") or for meeting one of the bases for disqualification to obtain a license under Section 9-2203 (License Issuance; Renewal), for a period of time commensurate with the severity of the conduct.
(3) The Department shall by regulation promulgate license suspension and revocation procedures as well as a complaint process to implement this Section.
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1202 | Caption and Section amended, Bill No. 150769 (approved December 23, 2015). |
(1) All licensed Expediters shall file an entry of appearance form with the Department or with a Review Board before which the Expediter is engaging in representation, prior to any act of representation in a particular matter. The entry of appearance form shall be provided by the Department, and shall include the Expediter's name, license number, and the name of the person the agent is representing. The entry of appearance form shall be accompanied by a copy of a contract for services, which shall include a description of the specific services to be provided and the relevant price terms, as well a clear disclosure in not less than 14-point font that the Expediter is not authorized to engage in the practice of law, architecture, landscape architecture, or engineering, and is not a licensed real estate agent or broker, unless the Expediter is otherwise licensed to do so. 1203
(2) Records. The Department and the Review Boards shall maintain files of all entry of appearance forms they receive.
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1203 | Amended, Bill No. 150769 (approved December 23, 2015). |
(1) No Expediter shall violate any law in the course of representing any client before the Department or the Review Boards, including, but not limited to, the provisions of Chapter 20-600 ("Standards of Conduct and Ethics").
(2) No Expediter shall knowingly deceive, mislead, or threaten any client or prospective client in relation to any representation or solicitation to represent.
(3) No Expediter shall misappropriate or fail to properly and promptly remit funds received from a client for the purpose of payment of any fee, fine, penalty or administrative cost to the Department or the Review Boards.
(4) No Expediter or license applicant shall knowingly give false or misleading information in completing a license application, in providing changes of information to the Department, or in completing an entry of appearance form.
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