2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .320   Board may require attendance of witnesses, production of documents.

322.320 Board may require attendance of witnesses, production of documents. (1) In carrying this chapter into effect, the board, under the hand of its chairman or executive director and under its seal, may, during the investigation or an administrative hearing procedure, in cases involving the revocation of a license or practicing or offering to practice without a license, subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance and require the production of books, papers, and documents. Any member may administer oaths to witnesses appearing before the board. (2) If any person refuses to obey any subpoena so issued or refuses to testify or produce any books, papers, or documents, the board may present its petition to any authority having jurisdiction, setting forth the facts. That authority shall, in a proper case, issue its subpoena to the person, requiring him to attend and testify or produce books, papers and documents considered necessary and pertinent by the board. (3) Board members and agents and staff of the board shall be held free of any personal liability as a result of board actions. Effective: January 1, 1999 History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 214, sec. 28, effective January 1, 1999. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 291, sec. 27, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 23. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599e-8.