(1) This section shall not apply to any issuer of a federal covered security, a federal covered investment adviser or to ORS 59.205 (1).
(2) The director may not enter an order against a broker-dealer or state investment adviser on the basis of the lack of qualification under ORS 59.205 (5) of any person other than:
(a) The broker-dealer or state investment adviser if the broker-dealer or state investment adviser is an individual; or
(b) A salesperson of the broker-dealer or investment adviser representative of the state investment adviser.
(3) The director may not enter an order solely on the basis of lack of experience if the applicant or licensee is qualified by training or knowledge or both.
(4) If the director finds that an applicant for an initial license or a license renewal as a broker-dealer is not qualified as a state investment adviser, the director may condition the applicant’s license as a broker-dealer upon its not transacting business in this state as a state investment adviser. [1967 c.537 §20(2); 1985 c.349 §22; 1987 c.603 §15; 1989 c.197 §13; 1993 c.508 §35; 1997 c.772 §20; 2001 c.32 §4]