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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="4-317" title_number="4" title_name="Dentistry" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If after a hearing under § 4-318 of this subtitle the Board finds that there are grounds under § 4-315 of this subtitle to suspend or revoke a general license to practice dentistry, a limited license to practice dentistry, or a teacher’s license to practice dentistry, or to reprimand a licensed dentist, the Board may impose a penalty not exceeding $5,000:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Instead of suspending the license; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to suspending or revoking the license or reprimanding the licensee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall pay any penalty collected under this section into the General Fund of this State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
