(1) The board has the power to take testimony either orally or by deposition, or both, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as is prescribed by law for judicial proceedings in civil cases. Any member of the board or its designee has the power to administer oaths at any hearing which the board is authorized by law to conduct.(2) The board shall provide a stenographer to take down the testimony and preserve a record of all proceedings at the hearing of any case in which a license may be revoked, suspended, placed on probationary status, or other disciplinary action taken with regard thereto. The notice of hearing, complaint and all other documents in the nature of pleadings and written motions filed in the proceedings, the recording of testimony, the report of the board, and the orders of the board constitute the record of such proceedings. The board shall furnish a transcript of such record to any person interested in such hearing upon payment of the cost of each original transcript or for each copy.(3) Upon the suspension or revocation of a license issued under Section 73-53-13, a licensee shall be required to surrender the license to the board, and upon failure inal transcript or for each copy.(3) Upon the suspension or revocation of a license issued under Section 73-53-13, a licensee shall be required to surrender the license to the board, and upon failure to do so the board shall have the right to seize the same.Laws, 1987, ch. 421, § 14; Laws, 2001, ch. 421, § 8; Laws, 2011, ch. 462, § 14, eff. 7/1/2011.
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