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<subtitle article="gho" title_number="18" subtitle_number="4" title_name="Psychologists" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="18-401" title_number="18" title_name="Psychologists" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
    <level label="a">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not practice, attempt to practice, or offer to practice psychology in this State unless licensed or registered by the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Each violation of this section is a separate offense.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="18-402" title_number="18" title_name="Psychologists" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
    <level label="a">
      <text>Unless authorized to practice psychology under this title, a person may not represent to the public by title, by description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise, that the person is authorized to practice psychology in this State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Unless authorized or permitted to do so by this title, a person may not use as a title or describe the services the person provides by use of the words “psychological”, “psychologist”, or “psychology”.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="18-404" title_number="18" title_name="Psychologists" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A person who violates any provision of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment in jail not exceeding 1 year or both.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>A person who violates § 18–401 of this subtitle is subject to a civil fine of not more than $50,000 to be assessed by the Board in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The Board shall pay any penalty collected under this subsection into the State Board of Examiners for Psychologists Fund.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>