§ 5-65.3-12. Denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses.
(a) The board may suspend or revoke the license of any underground utility contractor
after a hearing when the weight of the evidence establishes any one or more of the
following specific violations:
(1) Obtaining, or conspiring with others to obtain, a license by inducing the issuance
of that license in consideration of the payment of money or any other thing of value,
or by and through a willful or fraudulent misrepresentation of facts in the procurement
of a license;
(2) Gross negligence or inco
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§ 5-65.3-12. Denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses.
(a) The board may suspend or revoke the license of any underground utility contractor
after a hearing when the weight of the evidence establishes any one or more of the
following specific violations:
(1) Obtaining, or conspiring with others to obtain, a license by inducing the issuance
of that license in consideration of the payment of money or any other thing of value,
or by and through a willful or fraudulent misrepresentation of facts in the procurement
of a license;
(2) Gross negligence or incompetence in the performance of any licensed work in accordance
with any underground utility ordinance, or rules of any city or town, or any law of
this state regulating the conduct of sewer drain and water work;
(3) Willfully and fraudulently loaning its license to any other underground utility contractor
for the purpose of permitting that underground utility contractor to engage in any
underground utility work in violation of the provision of this chapter;
(4) Willfully violating any of the provisions of this chapter; and
(5) For any violation of § 5-65-10.
(b) When an application for a license is denied, a hearing shall be granted, provided
the aggrieved applicant requests a hearing, in writing, within ten (10) days of the
denial with the board.