324.624. Sanctioning of a license, when--appeal procedure. - Missouri Statutes

Sanctioning of a license, when--appeal procedure.

324.624. 1. The board may deny a request for a license, or maysuspend or revoke a license issued pursuant to sections 324.600 to 324.635,or censure or place a license on probation if, after notice and opportunityfor hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 621, RSMo, theboard determines the licensee has:

(1) Made any false statement or given any false information inconnection with an application for a license or a renewal or reinstatementthereof;

(2) Violated any provisions of sections 324.600 to 324.635;

(3) Violated any rule of the board adopted pursuant to the authoritycontained in sections 324.600 to 324.635;

(4) Been convicted of a felony or been convicted of a crime involvingmoral turpitude;

(5) Impersonated, or permitted or aided and abetted an employee toimpersonate, a law enforcement officer or employee of the United States, orof any state or political subdivision;

(6) Committed or permitted any employee to commit any act while thelicense was expired that could be cause for the suspension or revocation ofany license, or grounds for the denial of an application for a license;

(7) Knowingly violated, or advised, encouraged, or assisted theviolation of any court order or injunction in the course of business as alicensee;

(8) Used any letterhead, advertisement, or other printed matter or inany manner representing that such person is an instrumentality of thefederal or state government or any political subdivision of a federal orstate government;

(9) Used a name different from that under which such person iscurrently licensed in any advertisement, solicitation, or contact forbusiness; or

(10) Committed any act that is grounds for denial of an applicationfor a license pursuant to the provisions of sections 324.600 to 324.635.

2. Any person whose license status is affected by any official actionof the state fire marshal or board of licensed private fire investigatorexaminers, including, but not limited to, revocation, suspension, failureto renew a license, or refusal to grant a license, may seek a determinationby the administrative hearing commission pursuant to the provisions ofsection 621.045, RSMo. After the filing of a complaint before theadministrative hearing commission, the proceedings shall be conducted inaccordance with the provisions of chapter 621, RSMo. Upon a finding by theadministrative hearing commission that the grounds, provided in subsection1 of this section, for disciplinary action are met, the board may singly orin combination censure or place the person named in the complaint onprobation on such terms and conditions as the board deems appropriate for aperiod not to exceed five years or may suspend, for a period not to exceedthree years, or revoke the license.

3. A licensed private fire investigator agency may continue under thedirection of another employee if the individual holding the license issuspended or revoked as approved by the board. The board shall establish atime from within which the licensed private fire investigator agency shallidentify an acceptable person who is qualified to assume control of theagency as required by the board.

(L. 2004 H.B. 1195 § 324.954)