§2-17-20. Refusal or withdrawal of inspection as to establishments deemed unfit to engage in business because of convictions based upon acquisition, distribution, etc., of unwholesome, mislabeled or deceptively packaged food, etc.; appeals from determination and order of commissioner.

The commissioner may for such period or indefinitely, as he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, refuse to provide or withdraw inspection service under this chapter with respect to any establishment if he determines, after opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for or recipient of such service, that such applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection under this chapter because the applicant or recipient or anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient has been convicted in any federal or state court of any felony or of one or more violations of any law other than a felony based upon the acquiring, handling or distributing of unwholesome, mislabeled or deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection with transactions in food. This section shall not affect in any way other provisions of this chapter for withdrawal of inspection services under this chapter from establishments failing to maintain sanitary conditions or failing to destroy condemned carcasses, parts, meat or meat food products or poultry food products as required by this chapter.

For the purpose of this section, a person shall be deemed to be responsibly connected with the business if he is a partner, officer, director, holder or owner of 10 percent or more of its voting stock or an employee in a managerial or executive capacity.

The determination and order of the commissioner under this section shall be final and conclusive unless the affected applicant for or recipient of inspection service files application for judicial review within 30 days after the effective date of such order in the appropriate court as provided in Section 2-17-19. Judicial review of any such order shall be upon the record upon which the determination and order by the commissioner are based.

(Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §23.)