The Director of Health may revoke or suspend any permit issued pursuant with this chapter in accordance with the following procedure:
A. 
The Director of Health may revoke or suspend any permit issued under this chapter by notifying the permittee in writing of such revocation or suspension, and the reasons therefor, and informing the permittee of his or her right to request a hearing before the Board of Health and the procedure for such hearing, including all procedural deadlines.
B. 
Notice of revocation or suspension shall be sent to the permittee by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the permittee's residence or place of business. Said notification shall be deemed complete seven days following the date of mailing.
C. 
A request for hearing must be delivered to the Board of Health within 20 days following the date of mailing of the notice of revocation or suspension.
D. 
A hearing shall be scheduled to commence within 60 days following the date upon which a request for a hearing is filed in the Department of Health.
E. 
The Direct of Health shall schedule the hearing on behalf of the Board of Health, and shall notify the permittee by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the permittee's residence and business addresses, of the date, time and place of the hearing, not less than 20 days prior to the hearing.
F. 
At any hearing held under this section, the Director of Health and the permittee may present any pertinent and material written and testimonial evidence, and shall have the right to cross-examine all witnesses. Witnesses shall testify under oath or affirmation.
G. 
The Director of Health shall have the burden of proving the facts and circumstances that warrant the revocation or suspension of a permit.
H. 
The Board of Health shall render a written decision on the appeal within 35 days following the conclusion of the hearing. Said decision shall state whether the appeal is dismissed or sustained, the facts and circumstances found to support the decision, and shall state the relief.
I. 
A request for a hearing under this section shall stay any revocation or suspension until such time as a hearing has been held and a decision rendered thereon; provided, however, that if the Board of Health shall find that the public health, safety or welfare requires emergency action and incorporates a finding to that effect in the notice of revocation or suspension, the permit may be suspended immediately, pending a hearing thereon, which hearing shall be promptly instituted and all facts and issues promptly determined.
J. 
The criminal arrest, on or off the premises of a massage establishment, of any permittee for any sex offense under Part VI of Chapter 952 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall constitute an emergency requiring the immediate suspension of a permit pending a hearing.
A. 
Any person aggrieved by the denial of a permit to operate a massage establishment or a massage therapist permit or by the denial of renewal of such permit may request, in writing, a hearing before the Board of Health, at which hearing such person shall be afforded the opportunity to present evidence and argument on all facts or issues involved.
B. 
The Board of Health shall, upon receiving a request for a hearing under this section, schedule a hearing not later than 60 days from the date of actual receipt of the request and shall notify all parties of the time and place thereof.
C. 
The aggrieved person shall have the burden of proving that he or she meets the requirements for the issuance of a permit.
D. 
The Board of Health shall render a decision within 10 days of the date of a hearing held under Subsection B of this section.
No permit shall be transferable; provided, however, that upon the death or incapacity of the permittee, the massage establishment may continue in business for a reasonable period of time to allow for an orderly transfer of the business to a successor permittee.