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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="14-508" title_number="14" title_name="Professional Engineers" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person who violates any provision of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or both.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may impose on a person who violates any provision of this title a penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In setting the amount of the penalty, the Board shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the seriousness of the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the harm caused by the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the good faith of the violator;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any history of previous violations by the violator; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>any other relevant factors.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board shall pay any penalty collected under this subsection into the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
