Section 36-6A-24 - Summary suspension of license--Grounds--Hearing--Appeal.

36-6A-24. Summary suspension of license--Grounds--Hearing--Appeal. The board may summarily suspend a practitioner's license in advance of a final adjudication or during the appeals process if the board finds that a practitioner would represent a clear and immediate danger to the public health and safety if he were allowed to continue to practice. A practitioner whose license is suspended under this section is entitled to a hearing before the board within twenty days after the effective date of the suspension. The practitioner may subsequently appeal the suspension to circuit court in accordance with chapter 1-26.

Source: SL 1981, ch 275, § 29; SL 1992, ch 269, § 58.