{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-216b.106","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 216B.106","heading":"Ambulance service investigations and hearings -- Procedures -- Appeals.","body":"(1) The cabinet shall investigate complaints pertaining to ambulance services licensed\nunder KRS 311A.030 that are transferred to the cabinet by the Kentucky Board  of\nEmergency Medical Services as required by KRS 311A.055 if the cabinet\ndetermines a hearing is needed.\n(2) The hearing shall be before a person designated to serve as hearing officer by the\nOffice of Administrative Hearings within the Department of Law.\n(3) Within thirty (30) days from the conclusion of the hearing, the findings and\nrecommendations of the hearing officer shall be transmitted to the cabinet, with a\nsynopsis of the evidence contained in the record and a statement of the basis of the\nhearing officer's findings. The applicant or licensee shall be entitled to be\nrepresented at the hearing in person or by counsel, or both, and shall be entitled to\nintroduce testimony by witnesses or, if the cabinet so permits, by depositions. A full\nand complet e record shall be kept of all hearings, and all testimony shall be\nreported but need not be transcribed unless the decision is appealed pursuant to this\nchapter. The cabinet shall immediately submit the hearing officer's findings and\nrecommendations or the prepared written findings of fact and statement of the basis\nfor its decision, which shall become part of the record of the proceedings, to the\nKentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services.\n(4) The Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services may deny, re voke, modify, or\nsuspend a license in any case in which the cabinet finds that there has been a\nsubstantial failure to comply with the provisions of KRS 311A.030 or the\nadministrative regulations promulgated hereunder. The denial, revocation,\nmodification, or suspension shall be effected by mailing to the applicant or licensee,\nby certified mail or other method of delivery which may include electronic service,\na notice setting forth the particular reasons for the action. The board shall notify the\ncabinet within five (5) days of its action in response to the cabinet's findings and\nrecommendations in writing.\n(5) The denial, revocation, modification, or suspension shall become final and\nconclusive thirty (30) days after notice is given, unless the applicant o r licensee,\nwithin the thirty (30) day period, files a request in writing for a hearing with the\ncabinet. The cabinet shall notify the board of its actions within five (5) days of\nreceiving a hearing request. All decisions revoking, suspending, modifying, or\ndenying licenses shall be made by the board in writing. The board shall notify the\napplicant or licensee of the decision.\n(6) The decision of the board shall be final for purposes of judicial appeal upon notice\nof the board's decision.","path":["KRS Chapter 216B"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56590","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:23Z","sha256":"6d0e49086c217655675dea870b299315a7ef45423335883c4ac59609ff2cd5a9","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-216b.105","next":"us-ky/krs-216b.107"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}