The secretary may issue an order requiring restitution and/or directing the cessation of any activity for which a license is required by this article upon a determination that a person has engaged in or followed the business or occupation of, or held himself, herself, or itself out as or acted as, temporarily or otherwise, a home inspector within this state without a valid license. The department shall, before making such determination and order, give such person notice as provided in section four hundred forty-four-i of this article and afford such person an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel in reference thereto in an adjudicatory proceeding held pursuant to this article.
New York Legal Code