KRS 314.089: Immediate temporary suspension of license against which disciplinary

action or investigation is pending -- Procedure.

(1) The board's president or the president's designee may determine that immediate

temporary suspension of a license or privil ege against which disciplinary action or

an investigation is pending is necessary in order to stop, prevent, or avoid

immediate danger to the public health, safety, or welfare. When it appears that this

action may be necessary, the executive director or th e executive director's designee

shall issue an emergency order suspending the nurse's license or privilege. Upon

appeal of an emergency order, an emergency hearing shall be conducted in

accordance with KRS 13B.125.

(2) No board member shall be disqualified from serving on a disciplinary action

hearing panel for the reason that he has previously sat on a hearing panel

considering temporary suspension of the same license or privilege.

(3) The board shall expedite disciplinary actions in which a license or pri vilege has

been temporarily suspended.

(4) The order of immediate temporary suspension shall remain in effect until either

reconsidered or superseded by final disciplinary action by the board.