KRS 236.100: Suspension or revocation of appointment or commission -- Notice and

hearing -- Reinstatement -- Penalty for falsification of application or inspection

report.

(1) Any boiler inspector's, special inspector's, owner-user inspector's, or owner's piping

inspector's appointment or commission may be suspended or revoked by the

department, after due investigation and hearing thereon, for the incompetence or

untrustworthiness of the holder thereof, or for willful falsification of any matter or

statement contained in his or her application or in a report of any inspection made

by him or her. Written notice of and an opportunity for a hearing on any suspension

or revocation under this subsection shall be given by the department to the

inspector, and in the case of a special boiler inspector, also to his or her employer in

accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13B.

(2) A person whose appointment or commission has been suspended shall be entitled to

apply to the commissioner, after ninety (90) days from th e date of the suspension,

for reinstatement of the appointment or commission.

(3) Any willful falsification of an application or inspection report shall constitute a

misdemeanor and shall subject the inspector or special inspector to the penalties

provided in KRS 236.990.