KRS 312.163: Disciplinary powers of board -- Imposition of penalty -- Procedural rights

of licensee.

(1) In addition to the other powers granted to the board under this chapter, the board

may, in connection with any person whom the board, after a hearing adjudges

unqualified or whom the board, after a hearing, finds to have performed one (1) or

more of the acts described in KRS 312.150:

(a) Revoke the license to practice;

(b) Suspend the license to practice;

(c) Publicly reprimand or censure the person;

(d) Place the person on probation for a period and upon the terms and conditions

that the board may establish;

(e) Require payment of all costs of proceedings resulting from the disciplinary

action; and

(f) Limit the license to practice.

(2) The board may also impose a penalty not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000)

for each separate violation.

(3) A licensee subject to any disciplinary proceeding under this chapter shall be

afforded an administrative hearing conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B

and may appeal any final order of the board to the Franklin Circuit Court.