Kentucky Statutes 322.320 – Board may require attendance of witnesses, production of documents
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(1) In carrying this chapter into effect, the board, under the hand of its chairman or executive director and under its seal, may, during the investigation or an administrative hearing procedure, in cases involving the revocation of a license or practicing or offering to practice without a license, subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance and require the production of books, papers, and documents. Any member may administer oaths to witnesses appearing before the board.
(2) If any person refuses to obey any subpoena so issued or refuses to testify or produce any books, papers, or documents, the board may present its petition to any authority having jurisdiction, setting forth the facts. That authority shall, in a proper case, issue its subpoena to the person, requiring him to attend and testify or produce books, papers and documents considered necessary and pertinent by the board.
(3) Board members and agents and staff of the board shall be held free of any personal liability as a result of board actions.
Effective: January 1, 1999
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 214, sec. 28, effective January 1, 1999. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 291, sec. 27, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1972
Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 23. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599e-8.
(2) If any person refuses to obey any subpoena so issued or refuses to testify or produce any books, papers, or documents, the board may present its petition to any authority having jurisdiction, setting forth the facts. That authority shall, in a proper case, issue its subpoena to the person, requiring him to attend and testify or produce books, papers and documents considered necessary and pertinent by the board.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 322.320
- Board: means the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land
Surveyors. See Kentucky Statutes 322.010 - Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
(3) Board members and agents and staff of the board shall be held free of any personal liability as a result of board actions.
Effective: January 1, 1999
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 214, sec. 28, effective January 1, 1999. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 291, sec. 27, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1972
Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 23. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599e-8.