58-92-311. Private investigation agency -- Licensure -- Requirements.
(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: the private investigation agency may not transfer to another private investigator agent; the private investigation agency is considered to be under the control of the private investigator agent; and 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: state in the application that the private investigator agent: is licensed and in good standing as a private investigator agent under this chapter; is not involved in an activity that would conflict with the private investigator agent's duties and responsibilities under this chapter; and is not an employee of a government agency; and file with the application evidence of: registration with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code and as required by applicable law with the: Unemployment Insurance Division in the Department of Workforce Services, in accordance with Title 35A, Chapter 4, Employment Security Act; State Tax Commission; and Internal Revenue Service; and 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 workers' compensation insurance that covers any employee of the applicant in accordance with applicable laws of this state.
(4) The division shall issue a private investigation agency license to a private investigator agent that meets the requirements of this section. A private investigation agency license the division issues under this Subsection: (4) may not transfer from the private investigator agent that receives the private investigation agency license to another private investigator agent; and 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: may: employ or contract with a private investigator agent, a private investigator registrant, or private investigator apprentice to engage in private investigation; and employ other employees as necessary to carry out the private investigator agent's business; and 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.