                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION (§ 59.1-561)

A. After a hearing with 15 days&#8217; notice, the Department may suspend or
revoke any registration or impose on such operator a monetary penalty of not
more than $1,000 for each violation of this chapter, not to exceed $50,000, in
any case where a violation of this chapter has been shown by a preponderance of
the evidence. The Department may revoke a registration if it finds that facts
not known by it at the time it considered the application indicate that such
registration should not have been issued.

B. The Department may summarily suspend any registration for a period of not
more than seven days pending a hearing and final determination by the Department
if the Department determines that a violation of this chapter has occurred and
emergency action is required to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
The Department shall (i) schedule a hearing within seven business days after the
registration is summarily suspended and (ii) notify the registered operator not
less than five business days before the hearing of the date, time, and place of
the hearing.

C. If any such registration is suspended or revoked, the Department shall state
its reasons for doing so, which shall be entered of record. Such action shall be
final unless appealed in accordance with &#xA7; 59.1-562. Suspension or
revocation of a registration issued by the Department for any violation shall
not preclude civil liability for such violation.

HISTORY: 2016, cc. 318, 703.