A license or registration issued by the Texas Real Estate Commission may not be revoked or other action taken against the license or registration except after notice and opportunity for hearing pursuant to statutory obligation and these sections. If a real estate salesperson is a respondent, the commission also will notify the salesperson's sponsoring broker of the hearing. If an apprentice inspector or real estate inspector is a respondent, the commission also will notify the sponsoring professional inspector of the hearing. The hearing will be held at a time and place designated by the commission, except that upon the written request of a respondent licensed as a Texas real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or inspector, or registered as an easement or right-of-way agent, filed within five days after receipt of the notice of hearing, the hearing will be held in the county where the principal place of business of the respondent is maintained. If the respondent is a licensee or registrant who does not reside within this state, the hearing may be held in any county within this state.