KRS 311.572: Order to show cause -- Hearing.

(1) The board may issue an order directing an applicant for a license or the holder of a

license to show cause why the applicant should be granted a license or the licensee

should not be disciplined, respectively, when:

(a) An applicant admits or is otherwise found to have committed an act which

constitutes a violation of the provisions of this chapter; or

(b) A licensee admits or is otherwise found to have committed an act in violation

of the provisions of this chapter in any document relating to the registrat ion or

reregistration of a license.

(2) The order shall be signed by an officer of the board and shall state those violations

which the board believes to have been committed. The matter shall be assigned to a

hearing panel and shall proceed in accordance w ith KRS 311.591. The burden of

proof shall lie with the charged physician.

(3) The board may issue a provisional permit to practice medicine as provided in KRS

311.550(27) and the board shall not approve any application for licensure or

application for reregistration of an inactive license or provisional permit until a final

order on the matter has been issued.