[§439A-17]  Appeal from actions of the board; hearing.  (a)  An appeal may be taken from a final action of the board suspending or revoking a license, apprentice permit, or temporary permit for the causes pursuant to section 439A-16 to the circuit court of the circuit in which the person whose license, apprentice permit, or temporary permit has been suspended or revoked resides.

     (b)  Any person aggrieved by the denial of a license, apprentice permit, or temporary permit by the board may submit a request for a hearing pursuant to chapter 91 within sixty days of the date of notification of the denial or refusal.

     (c)  In all proceedings before the board, the board and each member of the board shall have the same powers respecting administering oaths, compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, and examining witnesses, as are possessed by circuit courts.  In case of disobedience by any person of any order of the board or any member of the board, or of any subpoena issued by the board or any member of the board, or the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter with regard to which the witness may lawfully be questioned, any circuit judge, on application by the board or any member of the board, shall compel obedience as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued by a circuit court, or a refusal to testify therein. [L 2022, c 73, pt of §1]