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§ 16-513 Revocation or suspension of license or registration.
   a.   In addition to the penalties provided in section 16-515 of this chapter, the commission may, after due notice and opportunity to be heard, revoke or suspend a license or registration issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter when the registrant or licensee and/or its principals, employees and/or agents:
      (i)   have been found to be in violation of this chapter or any rules promulgated pursuant thereto;
      (ii)   have been found by a court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction to have violated: (A) any provision of section 16-119 of this code, or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto, relating to illegal dumping, (B) any provision of section 16-120.1 of this code, or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto, relating to the disposal of regulated medical waste and other medical waste or (C) any provision of section 16-117.1 of this code, or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto, relating to the collection, removal, transportation or disposal of waste containing asbestos;
      (iii)   has repeatedly failed to obey lawful orders of any person authorized by section 16-517 of this chapter to enforce the provisions hereof;
      (iv)   has failed to pay, within the time specified by a court, the department of consumer and worker protection or an administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction, any fines or civil penalties imposed pursuant to this chapter or the rules promulgated pursuant thereto;
      (v)   has been found in persistent or substantial violation of any rule promulgated by the commission pursuant to section 16-306 of this code or by the commissioner of consumer and worker protection pursuant to section 16-306 or former subchapter eighteen of title twenty of this code;
      (vi)   has been found in persistent or substantial violation of any city, state, or federal law, rule or regulation regarding the collection, removal, transportation or disposal of trade waste, or any laws prohibiting deceptive, unfair or unconscionable trade practices;
      (vii)   whenever, in relation to an investigation conducted pursuant to this chapter, the commission determines, after consideration of the factors set forth in subdivision a of section 16-509 of this code, that the licensee or registrant lacks good character, honesty and integrity;
      (viii)   whenever there has been any false statement or any misrepresentation as to a material fact in the application or accompanying papers upon which the issuance of such license or registration was based;
      (ix)   whenever the licensee or registrant has failed to notify the commission as required by subdivision b of section 16-507 or subdivision c of section 16-508 of this chapter of any change in the ownership interest of the business or other material change in the information required on the application for such license or registration, or of the arrest or criminal conviction of such licensee or registrant or any of his or her principals, employees and/or agents of which the licensee had knowledge or should have known;
      (x)   whenever the licensee or registrant has been found by the commission or a court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be in violation of the provisions of section 24-163.11 of the code, or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto;
      (xi)   whenever the licensee or registrant has been found by the commission or a court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be in violation of the provisions of section 16-526 of the code, or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto;
      (xii)   while engaged in any activity regulated by this chapter or title 16-B, have been found to be in violation of any city, state or federal law, rule or regulation relating to the safety of the general public, including but not limited to traffic safety, or relating to the collection, removal, transportation or disposal of trade waste in a safe manner; or
      (xiii)   whenever the licensee or registrant has been found by the commission or a court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be in violation of any provision of title 16-B or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto or the terms of any applicable agreement entered into pursuant to section 16-1002, or has failed to pay, within the time specified by a court or an administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction, any fines or civil penalties imposed pursuant to such title or the rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
   b.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall, in addition,
      (i)   suspend a license issued pursuant to this chapter for thirty days following determination that the licensee, or any of its principals, employees or agents has violated any provision of section 16-1003 or 16-1004 and
      (ii)   revoke a license issued pursuant to this chapter upon determination that the licensee, or any of its principals, employees or agents has violated any provision of section 16-1003 or 16-1004 two times within a period of three years.
(Am. L.L. 2015/056, 6/16/2015, eff. 6/16/2015; Am. L.L. 2019/198, 11/20/2019, eff. 11/20/2019; Am. L.L. 2019/199, 11/20/2019, eff. 5/20/2021; Am. L.L. 2020/080, 8/28/2020, eff. 8/28/2020)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/042, L.L. 2019/199 and L.L. 2020/080.