Section 1290.520  Temporary Suspension

a)         The Director may temporarily suspend a registration or an agent registration without a hearing if the Director finds that public safety or welfare requires emergency action.  The Director shall cause the temporary suspension by issuing a suspension notice in connection with the institution of proceedings for a hearing.  

b)         If the Director temporarily suspends a registration or an agent registration without a hearing, the registrant is entitled to a hearing within 45 days after the suspension notice has been issued.  The hearing shall be limited to the issues cited in the suspension notice, unless all parties agree.

c)         If the Division does not hold a hearing within 45 days after the date the suspension notice was issued, then the suspended registration shall be automatically reinstated and the suspension vacated.

d)         The suspended registrant may seek a continuance of the hearing date, during which time the suspension remains in effect and the registration shall not be automatically reinstated.

e)         Subsequently discovered causes of action by the Division after the issuance of the suspension notice, may be filed as a separate notice of violation.  The Division is not precluded from filing a separate cause of action against the suspended registrant.