§ 20-420 Issuance, renewal, revocation and suspension of license; fines.
AC § 20-420
In addition to any powers of the commissioner, and not in limitation thereof, a license required pursuant to this subchapter may be suspended or revoked or issuance or renewal thereof denied by the commissioner, and the licensee may be fined pursuant to subdivision e of section 20-104 of chapter one of this title, upon a determination made by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee after due notice and hearing, that an applicant or a licensee, any of its principals, officers or directors, or any of its stockholders owning more than ten percent of the outstanding stock of the corporation: (a) has practiced fraud or misrepresentation upon a customer; (b) has practiced fraud or misrepresentation in establishing his or her qualifications for a license under this subchapter; (c) has aided or abetted another in practicing fraud or misrepresentation upon a customer or in establishing qualifications for a license under this subchapter; (d) has engaged in or has aided or abetted another in engaging in untrue, misleading or deceptive advertising, or unlawful selling practices as defined by the laws of this state, municipality or other local governmental unit within which such advertising or practices occurred; (e) is incompetent or untrustworthy and is thereby unfit to discharge the responsibilities of a licensee; (f) has failed upon request to render to the customer an itemized bill, in writing, containing such details as may be required by the rules of the department; (g) has been convicted of a crime which, in the judgment of the commissioner, has a direct relationship to such person's fitness or ability to perform any of the activities for which a license is required under this subchapter or has been convicted of any other crime which, in accordance with article twenty-three-a of the correction law, would provide a justification for the commissioner to refuse to issue or renew, or to suspend or revoke, such license; (h) has violated any of the provisions of this title, subchapter or the rules promulgated thereunder, or has knowingly caused, permitted, aided or abetted another in committing such violation. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1992/039.
