TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES
DIVISION 5: BUSINESS REGULATION
§ 5182. Exemptions. (a) The following persons and entities are exempt from this Article, provided they prove the exemption by the preponderance of the evidence: (1) An attorney licensed to practice law in any state or territory of the United States or of any foreign country, when authorized by the Commonwealth Supreme Court, to the extent the attorney renders immigration or residency assistance service in the course of his or her practice as an attorney as permitted by the Commonwealth Supreme Court; (2) A legal intern, as described by the rules of the Commonwealth Supreme Court, employed by and under the direct supervision of a licensed attorney and rendering immigration or residency assistance service in the course of the intern’s employment, or acting in any other manner permitted by the Commonwealth Supreme Court; (3) A not-for-profit organization recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals under 8 C.F.R. § 292.2(a) and employees of those organizations accredited under 8 C.F.R. § 292.2(d); (4) Any organization employing or desiring to employ an alien or nonimmigrant alien, where the organization, its employees or its agents provide advice or assistance in immigration or residency matters to alien or nonimmigrant alien employees or potential employees without compensation from the individuals to whom such advice or assistance is provided; (5) Any person approved by the Attorney General to represent applicants for Refugee Protection under Public Law 13-61 [codified at 3 CMC § 4344(d)]. (b) Nothing in this Article shall regulate any business to the extent that such regulation is prohibited or preempted by Commonwealth law, federal law or Rules of the Commonwealth Superior Court or Commonwealth Supreme Court. (c) All other persons providing or offering to provide immigration or residency assistance service shall be subject to this Article. Source: PL 15-17, § 4 (5171); modified. Commission Comment: The Commission inserted the bracketed text in subsection (a)(5) above.