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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="4-608" title_number="4" title_name="Barbers" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Following an inspection of a barbershop, if a Board inspector determines that a licensee or permit holder has violated this title or a regulation adopted by the Board, the inspector may issue a citation to the licensee or permit holder.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A citation issued by a Board inspector shall be in writing and shall state:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a brief description of each violation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the amount of a civil penalty, as prescribed by regulation, for each violation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>as provided in this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the time within which the civil penalty is to be paid;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the opportunity to contest the citation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the finality of the citation if it is not contested.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The citation shall be served on the licensee or permit holder alleged to have committed the violation by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>hand-delivery; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>certified mail to the last known address of the licensee or permit holder.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Subject to subsections (e) and (f) of this section, the civil penalty set forth in a citation shall be paid within 60 days of its receipt.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A citation and the applicable civil penalty shall be considered a final order of the Board unless, within 60 days of being served with the citation, the licensee or permit holder notifies the Board in writing of an intent to contest the citation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Upon the receipt of a written notice of a licensee or permit holder’s intent to contest a citation, the Board shall hold a hearing, in accordance with § 4-315 or § 4-514 of this title, regarding the cited violations.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A hearing held in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection may not be delegated to the Office of Administrative Hearings under Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall establish by regulation a schedule of civil penalties for violations of this title and regulations adopted by the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The civil penalties imposed under this subsection may not exceed $300 for all violations cited on a single day.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
