59-4-204 - Revocation of certificate.

59-4-204. Revocation of certificate.

(a)  The commissioner of labor and workforce development or the commissioner's authorized representative may, upon a written complaint, investigate a mine foreman to whom a certificate has been issued under this chapter, and may revoke a mine foreman certificate upon a finding that the holder has been guilty of incompetence in the performance of the holder's duties or for any cause for which issuance of a certificate could have been refused had it been known to the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative at the time of issuance; provided, that a holder of a certificate shall be given ten (10) days notice from the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative to appear before the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative to show cause why such certificate should not be revoked.

(b)  The provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, govern the conduct of all proceedings before the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative in the revocation of mine foreman certificates.

[Acts 1915, ch. 13, § 4; 1915, ch. 169, § 13; Shan., § 3079a103; Code 1932, § 5586; Acts 1953, ch. 86, § 26 (Williams, §§ 5586, 5638.26); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 58-407; Acts 1985, ch. 288, § 27; 1992, ch. 574, §§ 7, 8; 1999, ch. 520, § 43.]