St Mirren chairman John Needham has been charged with making "discriminatory or offensive" comments in historic tweets about Rangers.
The Saints supremo has previously apologised for social media comments about Ibrox fans, with at least one coming after he joined the board last year.
Those comments were investigated by the SFA for a potential breach of rule 77, which requires any "football body, club, official, team official, other member of team staff, player, match official or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA" to always act in the best interests of Scottish football.
And the governing body has now summoned the St Mirren chairman to a hearing over the comments, with a charge for bringing the game into disrepute and another for potential discriminatory comments.
Needham became chief of the Premiership club following a takeover by fans and has previously apologised for his comments.
He said: "On Friday 22 October a number of Tweets I created in the past referring to Rangers fans were highlighted on Twitter.
"As a club chairman I have extra responsibility for the conduct and example I show.
“These posts are completely inappropriate and do not reflect my character or beliefs as a person and I very much regret them.
"I apologise unreservedly to the directors and fans of Rangers and to everyone at St Mirren. I am acutely aware of my responsibilities. This won't happen again.”
Needham's hearing is scheduled for December 2.
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