Any person, firm or corporation shall fail or neglect to appear in answer to a subpoena issued and served pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter and shall have been paid the statutory witness fee as provided by law in the case of subpoenas issued by a court of record, the fact of the failure to appear shall be certified to the Circuit Court of the county in which the hearing is held by the Board by petition filed in the Circuit Court on behalf of the Board certifying the facts concerning the matter and the court shall pass upon the matter as in cases of failure to abide by the provisions of a subpoena served in a court of record and shall enter the order either requiring the witness or witnesses to appear at a date certain to be fixed by the court, and in default thereof that the person, firm or corporation shall be subject to the penalties for contempt of court as to the court shall seem just and reasonable.
(1980 Code, § 11.612)