2016 Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions
Chapter 40 - Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies
Subchapter 3 - -- License, Credential, and Commission
§ 17-40-350. Grounds for disciplinary action

(a) The Director of the Department of Arkansas State Police may suspend or revoke a license, credential, or commission or issue a fine in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation of this chapter, or both, or the director may deny an application for a license, credential, or commission, or renewal thereof, on proof that the applicant, licensee, commission holder, or credential holder:

(1) Violated a provision of this chapter or violated a rule promulgated under this chapter;

(2) No longer meets the qualifications for the license, credential, or commission under this chapter; or

(3) Has been arrested for an offense that if convicted would result in disqualification for the license, credential, or commission under this chapter.

(b) The director may summarily suspend for no more than sixty (60) days a license, credential, or commission if it is shown that the health, safety, or welfare of the public is endangered.

(c) (1) The director may suspend a license, credential, or commission of a person who is found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony, a Class A misdemeanor, a crime involving an act of violence, or a crime involving an act of moral turpitude in this state or a comparable offense in another state or territory of the United States or in any foreign country.

(2) If the licensee is a corporation, proof of actual participation or actual knowledge on the part of the licensee or on the part of an employee of the licensee who is also a credential holder or commission holder is required.

(3) If the hearing on a license, credential, or commission that has been summarily suspended is adjourned at the request of the licensee, credential holder, or commission holder, the suspension may be continued for the additional period of the adjournment.