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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="15-402.1" title_number="15" title_name="Physician Assistants" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a licensed physician may not employ an individual practicing as a physician assistant who does not have a license or who has not provided notice to the Board as required under § 15–302(a) of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, an employer may not employ an individual practicing as a physician assistant who does not have a license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A disciplinary panel may impose a civil penalty in an amount not exceeding $5,000 for a violation of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board shall remit any penalty collected under this section into the Board of Physicians Fund.</text>
  </level>
</section>
