Section 324.627

Title XXII OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

Chapter 324

Effective - 28 Aug 2004, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  324.627.  Board may subpoena persons and documents — enforcement of subpoenas — authority to administer oaths. — 1. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of sections 324.600 to 324.635, or in making investigations relating to any violation thereof or to the character, competency, or integrity of the applicants or licensees, or for the purpose of investigating the business, business practices, or business methods of any applicant or licensee, or of the officers, directors, partners, or associates thereof, the board shall have the power to subpoena and bring before the board any person in this state and require the production of any books, records, or papers that the board deems relative to the inquiry. A subpoena issued pursuant to this section shall be governed by this state's rules of civil procedure.

  2. Any person subpoenaed who fails to obey such subpoena without reasonable cause or who without such cause refuses to be examined or to answer any legal or pertinent question as to the character or qualifications of such applicant or licensee or such applicant's or licensee's business, business practices, or methods or such violations shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

  3. The board may administer an oath and take the testimony of any person, or cause such person's deposition to be taken, except that any applicant or licensee or officer, director, partner, or associate thereof shall not be entitled to any fees or mileage. The testimony of witnesses in any investigative proceeding shall be under oath and willful. False swearing in such proceeding shall be perjury.

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(L. 2004 H.B. 1195 § 324.957)