Sec. 13.306. DENIAL, REVOCATION, MODIFICATION, OR SUSPENSION OF LICENSE

(a) The department may refuse to issue a license for inspecting or testing of liquefied gas meters if the applicant fails to comply with this subchapter.

(b) The department shall revoke, modify, or suspend a license, assess an administrative penalty, place on probation a person whose license has been suspended, or reprimand a licensee if the licensee fails to comply with this subchapter or a rule adopted by the department under this subchapter.

(c) If a license suspension is probated, the department may require the person to:

(1) report regularly to the department on matters that are the basis of the probation;

(2) limit practice to the areas prescribed by the department; or

(3) continue or renew professional education until the person attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the department in those areas that are the basis of the probation.

(d) If the department proposed to deny a person's application for a license for inspecting or testing of liquefied gas meters or to revoke, modify, or suspend a person's license, the person is entitled to a hearing conducted under Section 12.032. The decision of the department is appealable in the same manner as provided for contested cases under Chapter 2001, Government Code.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1016, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 3.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.