§60A-3-305. Order to show cause before denying, suspending, etc.,
registration; proceedings thereon; when order not
required.
(a) Before denying, suspending, or revoking a registration, or
refusing a renewal of registration, the said state board of
pharmacy or said appropriate department, board, or agency, as the
case may be, shall serve upon the applicant or registrant an order
to show cause why registration should not be denied, suspended, or
revoked, or why the renewal should not be refused. The order to
show cause shall contain a statement of the basis therefor and
shall call upon the applicant or registrant to appear before the
said state board of pharmacy or said appropriate department, board,
or agency, as the case may be, at a time and place not less than
thirty days after the date of service of the order, but in the case
of a denial or renewal of registration the show cause order shall
be served not later than thirty days before the expiration of the
registration. These proceedings shall be conducted in accordance
with article five, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code without
regard to any criminal prosecution or other proceeding.
Proceedings to refuse renewal of registration shall not abate the
existing registration which shall remain in effect pending the
outcome of the administrative hearing.
(b) The said state board of pharmacy or said appropriate
department, board, or agency, as the case may be, may suspend,
without an order to show cause, any registration simultaneously
with the institution of proceedings under section 304, or where
renewal of registration is refused, if it finds that there is an imminent danger to the public health or safety which warrants this
action. The suspension shall continue in effect until the
conclusion of the proceedings, including judicial review thereof,
unless sooner withdrawn by the said state board of pharmacy or said
appropriate department, board, or agency, as the case may be, or
dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction.