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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-911" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Hospice Care Facilities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary shall deny a license to any applicant or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee has been convicted of a felony that relates to Medicaid or to a nursing home.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Secretary may deny a license to an applicant or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee does not meet the requirements of this subtitle or any rule or regulation that the Secretary adopts under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Secretary may, for a violation of any provision of this subtitle or any regulation adopted under this subtitle, impose an administrative penalty of up to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$500 for a first violation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$1,000 for a subsequent, repeated violation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations to provide standards for the imposition of an administrative penalty under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
