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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="11-320" title_number="11" title_name="Optometrists" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An individual licensed under Title 14, Subtitle 3 of this article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual supervised by an individual licensed under Title 14, Subtitle 3 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue a cease and desist order or obtain injunctive relief for a violation of any provision of § 11–313 of this subtitle or § 11–501, § 11–502, or § 11–504 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An action may be maintained in the name of the State or the Board to enjoin:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The unauthorized practice of optometry;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The misrepresentation of the practice of optometry;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The act of knowingly dispensing contact lenses or replacement contact lenses without a valid and unexpired prescription or a replacement contact lens prescription; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Conduct that is grounds for disciplinary action under § 11–313 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An action under this subsection may be brought by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Board, in its own name;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Attorney General, in the name of the State; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A State’s Attorney, in the name of the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An action under this subsection shall be brought in the county where the defendant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Resides; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Engages in the act sought to be enjoined.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Proof of actual damage or that any person will sustain any damage if an injunction is not granted is not required for an action under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>An action under this subsection is in addition to and not instead of criminal prosecution for disciplinary action under § 11–313 of this subtitle or the unauthorized practice of optometry under §§ 11–501, 11–502, and 11–504 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
