KRS 333.200: Hearing on revocation or suspension of license -- Effective date of final

order -- Appeal.

(1) In every proceeding for suspension or revocation of a license, the cabinet shall

afford the medical laboratory director the opportunity for an administrativ e hearing

to be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. A license may be

temporarily suspended through the issuance of an emergency order pursuant to KRS

13B.125 for a period not in excess of twenty (20) days upon notice to the medical

laboratory director following a finding by the cabinet that the public health, safety,

or welfare is in imminent danger.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, every final order of the cabinet

suspending or revoking a license shall become effective thirty (30) days after notice

is given to the medical laboratory director, unless the director within thirty (30) days

from the giving of the notice, appeals therefrom in the manner provided by

subsection (3) of this section. Provided, however, that the cabinet m ay, when in its

opinion the continued operation of the medical laboratory during the time allowed

for appeal would be dangerous to the health, welfare, and safety of the public,

provide in its final order of suspension or revocation that the order shall be come

effective forthwith; and in this event the cabinet's order of suspension or revocation

shall become effective as of the date specified therein, and the medical laboratory

shall not, after notice of same, continue to operate under the license after rev ocation

or during the period of suspension, unless and until the cabinet order is reversed or

modified by a final and unappealable order or judgment of a court made pursuant to

the provisions of subsection (3) of this section.

(3) Any medical laboratory which is aggrieved by a final order of the cabinet placing it

on probation, or suspending or revoking its license may procure judicial review by

filing a petition in the Circuit Court of Franklin County, Kentucky, in accordance

with KRS Chapter 13B.