Section 221-F. Grounds for suspension or revocation of license; procedure  


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  • 1. The superintendent may revoke any  license  issued  hereunder  if  it
      shall be found that:
        (a)  The  licensee or its representative has violated any provision of
      this article, or of any rule or regulation made  by  the  superintendent
      under and within the authority of this article or of any other law, rule
      or regulation of this state.
        (b)  Any fact or condition exists which, if it had existed at the time
      of the original application for such license, would have  warranted  the
      superintendent in refusing originally to issue such license.
        2.  The  superintendent  may, on good cause shown, suspend any license
      for a period not exceeding thirty days, pending investigation.
        3. Except as provided in subdivision two of this section,  no  license
      shall be revoked or suspended except after notice and a hearing thereon.
        4.  Any  licensee  may  surrender  any  license  by  delivering to the
      superintendent written notice that it thereby surrenders  such  license,
      but  such  surrender  shall not affect such licensee's civil or criminal
      liability for acts committed prior to such surrender.
        5. Every license issued hereunder shall remain  in  force  and  effect
      until  the  same  shall  have  been surrendered, revoked or suspended in
      accordance with the provisions of this article, but  the  superintendent
      shall  have authority to reinstate a suspended license or to issue a new
      license to a licensee whose license shall have been revoked if  no  fact
      or  condition  then exists which would have warranted the superintendent
      in refusing originally to issue such license under this article.
        6. Whenever the superintendent  shall  revoke  or  suspend  a  license
      issued  pursuant  to  this article, a written order shall be immediately
      executed in duplicate to that effect. The superintendent shall file  one
      copy  of such order in the office of the department of banking and shall
      forthwith serve the other copy upon the licensee. Any such order may  be
      reviewed  in  the  manner provided by article seventy-eight of the civil
      practice law and rules. Such application for  review  as  authorized  by
      this section must be made within thirty days from the date of such order
      of suspension or revocation.