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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="6-311" title_number="6" title_name="Massage Therapy" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licenses and Registrations">
  <level label="a">
    <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 massage therapy; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Conduct that is a ground for disciplinary action under § 6–308 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <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="c">
    <text>An action under this section may be brought in the county where the defendant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Resides; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Engages in the act sought to be enjoined.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an action under this section may not be brought against an individual who is authorized to practice a health occupation under this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An action under this section may be brought against an individual who is authorized to practice massage therapy under this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Proof of actual damage or that any person will sustain any damage 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 massage therapy under § 6–501 of this title or disciplinary action under § 6–308 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
