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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="11-107" title_number="11" title_name="Maryland Higher Education Commission" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Commission Established and Organized">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission may authorize the Secretary, acting through the Attorney General, to seek an injunction or other judicial remedy for any violation of this title or of the rules and regulations adopted under this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an institution of postsecondary education is required to have a certificate of approval from the Commission and is operating without a certificate of approval, the Secretary may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Issue an order to cease and desist;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Issue a notice of violation and impose a penalty of up to $5,000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Acting through the Attorney General, seek an injunction or other judicial remedy.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In imposing a penalty under this subsection, the Secretary 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 institution and any corrective actions taken;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Any history of previous violations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Other pertinent circumstances.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>For any institution of postsecondary education required to have Commission approval before offering a program, if the institution offers an unapproved program, the Secretary may require the institution to refund all tuition and fees paid by students who enrolled in the program, and may revoke the certificate of approval of any institution that fails to make a required refund within the time specified by the Secretary.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If an institution of postsecondary education does not file all essential records of the academic achievement of a former student with the Commission in accordance with § 11–401 of this title, the Secretary may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Require the institution to refund all tuition and fees paid by the former student whose records were not filed in accordance with § 11–401 of this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Seek an injunction in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The remedies provided in this section are in addition to any other remedies provided by law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
