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156.15 CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS.
    Subdivision 1. Issuance. In addition to the remedies and procedures applicable to the
health-related licensing board provided in chapter 214, the board's complaint review committee,
on behalf of the board, may issue and have served upon a person an order requiring the person
to cease and desist from the unauthorized practice of veterinary medicine, or from violating or
threatening to violate a statute, rule, or order which the board has authority to enforce. The order
must be calculated to give reasonable notice of the rights of the person to request a hearing and
must state the reasons for the entry of the order.
    Subd. 2. Service. Service of an order under this section is effective if the order is served on
the person or counsel of record personally or by certified mail to the most recent address provided
to the board for the person or counsel of record.
    Subd. 3. Hearing. Unless otherwise agreed by the complaint review committee and the
person requesting the hearing, the hearing must be held no later than 30 days after the written
request for the hearing is received by the complaint review committee.
    Subd. 4. Report; further order. The administrative law judge shall issue a report within 30
days of the close of the contested case hearing record. Within 30 days after receiving the report
and any exceptions to it, the board shall issue a further order vacating, modifying, or making
permanent the cease and desist order as the facts require.
    Subd. 5. Finality; effect. If no hearing is requested within 30 days of service of the order, the
order becomes final and remains in effect until it is modified or vacated by the board.
    Subd. 6. Default proceeding. If the person to whom a cease and desist order is issued fails to
appear at the hearing after being duly notified, the person is in default and the proceeding may be
determined against that person upon consideration of the cease and desist order, the allegations of
which may be considered to be true.
History: 2001 c 108 s 1

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