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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="15-403" title_number="15" title_name="Physician Assistants" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person who violates § 15–401 or § 15–402 of this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or both; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Shall lose licensure as a physician assistant under this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to the penalties under subsection (a) of this section, a person who violates § 15–401 of this subtitle may be subject to a civil penalty assessed by a disciplinary panel in an amount not exceeding $5,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to the penalties under paragraph (1) of this subsection, a person who violates § 15–309 of this title may be subject to a civil penalty assessed by a disciplinary panel in an amount not exceeding $100.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board shall pay any civil penalty collected under this subsection into the Board of Physicians Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
