***** 338.3642 THIS SECTION IS AMENDED EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 10, 2016: See 338.3642.amended *****
Sec. 42.
(1) After an investigation has been conducted, the department may issue an order summarily suspending a license based on an affidavit by a person familiar with the facts set forth in the affidavit, or, if appropriate, based upon an affidavit on information and belief, that an imminent threat to the integrity of the sport, the public interest, and the welfare and safety of a professional exists. Thereafter, the proceedings described in this chapter shall be promptly commenced and decided.
(2) A person whose license has been summarily suspended under this section may petition the department to dissolve the order. Upon receiving a petition, the department immediately shall schedule a hearing to decide whether to grant or deny the requested relief.
(3) An administrative law hearings examiner shall grant the requested relief dissolving the summary suspension order, unless sufficient evidence is presented that an imminent threat to the integrity of the sport, the public interest, and the welfare and safety of a professional exists that requires emergency action and continuation of the department's summary suspension order.
(4) The record created at the hearing to dissolve a summary suspension order shall become part of the record on the complaint at a subsequent hearing in a contested case.
(5) A summary suspension of a professional for refusal or failure to submit to a drug test or for the presence of controlled substances, enhancers, prohibited drugs, or other prohibited substances, as described in section 48(7), shall proceed under this section.
History: 2004, Act 403, Eff. Feb. 20, 2005
Last modified: October 10, 2016