§ 9-16-11. Violations and hearing.

A.

No identification shall be revoked until a hearing is held by the metro alarm review board. Written notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be served on the holder of an identification card and the designated qualifying agent of the company at least ten days before the date set for the hearing. The notice shall set forth a summary of the grounds advanced as the basis for the revocation of the identification card pending conclusion of all appeals.

B.

At the hearing before the metro alarm review board established for such appeals, the holder of the identification card shall be given an opportunity to confront and examine any adverse witness, and to present evidence on his or her own behalf. After the hearing, the metro alarm review board shall either dismiss the complaint or revoke the identification card.

C.

After notice of revocation is given, an alarm identification card shall remain in full force and effect and the holder of an alarm identification card shall be permitted to perform the authorized function of a licensed alarm agent until any appeal as provided by state law has been concluded.

D.

An identification card issued by the metro alarm review board shall contain: (1) a current photograph of the applicant taken within one year from date of application; (2) the date of issue; (3) the applicant's signature; (4) a statement that the card is valid for one year from the date of issuance; and (5) such other information as the metro alarm review board may require.

E.

It shall be a violation of this section for the applicant willfully to fail to return an identification card to the issuing agency or business upon termination of his or her employment with an alarm business. It shall be a violation for the alarm business to fail to return to the metro alarm review board an identification card of an employee of the alarm business if such card has been returned to the alarm business by the employee.

(Code 1985, § 28-136; Ord. No. 4640, § 1, 1-19-1999)