TITLE 5
Businesses and Professions

CHAPTER 5-38
Automobile Body Repair Shops

SECTION 5-38-10


   § 5-38-10  Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses. – The department of business regulation may deny an application for license or suspend or revoke a license after it has been granted, for the following reasons:

   (1) On proof of unfitness of the applicant to do business as an automobile body repair shop;

   (2) For any misstatement by the applicant in his or her application for license;

   (3) For any failure to comply with the provisions of this section or with any rule or regulation promulgated by the commission under § 5-38-5;

   (4) For defrauding any customer;

   (5) For dismantling any automobile without the written authorization of the owner of the automobile;

   (6) For refusing to surrender any automobile to its owner upon tender of payment of the proper charges for towing storage, and work done on that automobile;

   (7) For having indulged in any unconscionable practice relating to the business as an automobile body repair shop;

   (8) For willful failure to perform work as contracted for;

   (9) For failure to comply with the safety standards of the industry; or

   (10) For the purchase of used vehicle parts from unlicensed entities.

   (11) For failure to comply with the requirements of § 5-38-30.