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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="2-312" title_number="2" title_name="Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech–language Pathologists, and Music Therapists" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall investigate any alleged violation of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, and examine witnesses.</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 § 2–314 of this subtitle or §§ 2–401 through 2–402.3 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>Conduct that is a ground for disciplinary action under § 2–314 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The unauthorized practice of audiology, hearing aid dispensing, or speech–language pathology; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Aiding and abetting in the unauthorized practice of audiology, hearing aid dispensing, or speech–language pathology.</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 damages or that any person is likely to 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 disciplinary action under § 2–314 of this subtitle or criminal prosecution for the unauthorized practice of audiology, hearing aid dispensing, or speech–language pathology under §§ 2–401 through 2–402.3 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
