KRS 260.864: Disciplinary actions against hemp program licensees -- Monetary civil

penalty authorized -- Exception.

(1) The department may temporarily suspend a license up to sixty (60) days if the

licensee is alleged to have:

(a) Violated any provision of KR S 260.850 to 260.869 or an administrative

regulation promulgated under the authority of KRS 260.850 to 260.869;

(b) Made any false statement to the department or its representatives;

(c) Pled guilty to, or been convicted of, any felony or drug -related misdemeanor

or violation;

(d) Failed to comply with only those instructions agreed upon in the contract

signed by the licensee at the time the hemp license was issued; or

(e) Failed to comply with an order from a representative of the department,

representative of the Department of Kentucky State Police, or any law

enforcement officer.

(2) The department may temporarily suspend a license up to sixty (60) days without

giving the licensee advance notice of the charge against him or her or an

opportunity to be heard.

(3) The department shall not permanently revoke a license until the department has

notified the licensee of the charge against him or her and given the licensee an

opportunity for a hearing before a three (3) person panel whose members have been

designated by the Commissioner. The three (3) person panel shall include:

(a) Two (2) members who are employees of the department; and

(b) One (1) member who is not an employee of the department.

(4) The department may permanently revoke a license if the licensee admits, or is found

in a hearing, to have:

(a) Violated any provision of KRS 260.850 to 260.869 or an administrative

regulation promulgated under the authority of KRS 260.850 to 260.869;

(b) Made any false statement to the department or its representative;

(c) Pled guilty to, or been convicted of, any felony or drug -related misdemeanor

or violation; or

(d) Failed to comply with any instruction or order from the department, a

representative of the Department of Kentucky Stat e Police, or any law

enforcement officer.

(5) The department may impose a monetary civil penalty, not to exceed two thousand

five hundred dollars ($2,500) per violation, on any person who violates KRS

260.850 to 260.869 or an administrative regulation prom ulgated under the authority

of KRS 260.850 to 260.869.

(6) The department shall not impose a monetary civil penalty against a person alleged

to have violated KRS 260.850 to 260.869, or an administrative regulation

promulgated under the authority of KRS 260 .850 to 260.869, until the department

has notified the person of the charge against him or her and given the person the

opportunity for a hearing before the three (3) person panel.