{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-260.864","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 260.864","heading":"Disciplinary actions against hemp program licensees -- Monetary civil","body":"penalty authorized -- Exception.\n(1) The department may temporarily suspend a license up to sixty (60) days if the\nlicensee is alleged to have:\n(a) Violated any provision of KR S 260.850 to 260.869 or an administrative\nregulation promulgated under the authority of KRS 260.850 to 260.869;\n(b) Made any false statement to the department or its representatives;\n(c) Pled guilty to, or been convicted of, any felony or drug -related misdemeanor\nor violation;\n(d) Failed to comply with only those instructions agreed upon in the contract\nsigned by the licensee at the time the hemp license was issued; or\n(e) Failed to comply with an order from a representative of the department,\nrepresentative of the Department of Kentucky State Police, or any law\nenforcement officer.\n(2) The department may temporarily suspend a license up to sixty (60) days without\ngiving the licensee advance notice of the charge against him or her or an\nopportunity to be heard.\n(3) The department shall not permanently revoke a license until the department has\nnotified the licensee of the charge against him or her and given the licensee an\nopportunity for a hearing before a three (3) person panel whose members have been\ndesignated by the Commissioner. The three (3) person panel shall include:\n(a) Two (2) members who are employees of the department; and\n(b) One (1) member who is not an employee of the department.\n(4) The department may permanently revoke a license if the licensee admits, or is found\nin a hearing, to have:\n(a) Violated any provision of KRS 260.850 to 260.869 or an administrative\nregulation promulgated under the authority of KRS 260.850 to 260.869;\n(b) Made any false statement to the department or its representative;\n(c) Pled guilty to, or been convicted of, any felony or drug -related misdemeanor\nor violation; or\n(d) Failed to comply with any instruction or order from the department, a\nrepresentative of the Department of Kentucky Stat e Police, or any law\nenforcement officer.\n(5) The department may impose a monetary civil penalty, not to exceed two thousand\nfive hundred dollars ($2,500) per violation, on any person who violates KRS\n260.850 to 260.869 or an administrative regulation prom ulgated under the authority\nof KRS 260.850 to 260.869.\n(6) The department shall not impose a monetary civil penalty against a person alleged\nto have violated KRS 260.850 to 260.869, or an administrative regulation\npromulgated under the authority of KRS 260 .850 to 260.869, until the department\nhas notified the person of the charge against him or her and given the person the\nopportunity for a hearing before the three (3) person panel.","path":["KRS Chapter 260"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49791","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:10Z","sha256":"8178424bba766bdc37930151636f3af718a8019e878a89e61180a8853a907a56","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-260.8635","next":"us-ky/krs-260.865"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}