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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="17-513" title_number="17" title_name="Professional Counselors and Therapists" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="General Provisions; Disciplinary Actions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may issue a cease and desist order or obtain injunctive relief for a violation of any provision of § 17–301 or §§ 17–601 through 17–603 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An action may be maintained in the name of the State or the Board to enjoin:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The unauthorized practice of alcohol and drug counseling and clinical alcohol and drug counseling, marriage and family therapy and clinical marriage and family therapy, professional counseling and clinical professional counseling, or clinical professional art therapy; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Conduct that is a ground for disciplinary action under § 17–509 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An action under this section may be brought by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board, in its own name;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Attorney General, in the name of the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A State’s Attorney, in the name of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An action under this section shall be brought in the county where the defendant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Resides; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Engages in the acts sought to be enjoined.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Proof of actual damages or that any person will sustain any damages if an injunction is not granted is not required for an action under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>An action under this section is in addition to and not instead of criminal prosecution for the unauthorized practice of alcohol and drug counseling and clinical alcohol and drug counseling, marriage and family therapy and clinical marriage and family therapy, professional counseling and clinical professional counseling, or clinical professional art therapy, under § 17–301, § 17–601, § 17–602, or § 17–603 of this title or disciplinary action under § 17–509 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
