§ 5-20.7-26 - Order to cease unsafe practices – Appeal.
SECTION 5-20.7-26
§ 5-20.7-26 Order to cease unsafepractices – Appeal. – If the department of business regulation has reason to believe that any person,firm, or corporation or association is conducting any activities requiringlicensure or certification pursuant to this chapter without obtaining alicense, or who after the denial, suspension or revocation of a licenseconducts any activities requiring licensure or certification pursuant to thischapter, the department may issue its order to that person, firm, corporationor association commanding them to appear before the department at a hearing tobe held not sooner than ten (10) days and not later than twenty (20) days afterissuance of that order, to show cause why the department should not issue anorder to that entity to cease and desist from the violation of the provisionsof this chapter. The order to show cause may be served on any person, firm,corporation or association named in the order in the same manner that a summonsin a civil action may be served, or by mailing a copy of the order, certifiedmail, return receipt requested, to that entity at any address which is theplace of business or place of residence. If upon that hearing the department issatisfied that the entity is in fact violating any provision of this chapter,then the department may order that entity, in writing, to cease and desist fromthat violation. All hearings shall be governed in accordance with chapter 35 oftitle 42. If that entity fails to comply with an order of the department afterbeing afforded a hearing, the superior court in the county where the land orreal estate is located has jurisdiction upon complaint of the department torestrain and enjoin that entity from violating this chapter.