202.22 Registration requirements.

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(1)Registration required; use of titles.

(a)No person may operate as a professional employer organization or professional employer group, advertise that the person is a professional employer organization or professional employer group, or otherwise hold itself out as a professional employer organization or professional employer group unless the person first registers with the department as provided in this section.

(b)No person may designate as the person’s title, or append to the person’s name the words or letters, “professional employer organization,” “P.E.O.,” “professional employer group,” “P.E.G.,” “staff leasing company,” “registered staff leasing company,” “employee leasing company,” or “administrative employer,” or other similar titles or letters, or use those titles, words, or letters to describe the person’s business or represent that the person or the person’s business is registered or licensed as a “professional employer organization,” “P.E.O.,” “professional employer group,” “P.E.G.,” “staff leasing company,” “registered staff leasing company,” “employee leasing company,” or “administrative employer,” unless the person is registered under this section.

(2)Application for registration. Except as provided in sub.

(b), an applicant for registration under this section shall submit to the department an application for registration in a form and manner prescribed by the department. Each application shall be accompanied by any information required by the department, including all of the following:

(am)The registration fee determined by the department under s. 202.041 .