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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="7-316.1" title_number="7" title_name="Morticians and Funeral Directors" subtitle_number="3">
  <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 mortuary science; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Conduct that constitutes a ground for disciplinary action under § 7-315 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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Attorney General; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A State’s Attorney.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <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 practice of mortuary science.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Proof of actual damage or proof that a person will sustain damage if an injunction is not granted is not required for an action under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Criminal prosecution for the unauthorized practice of mortuary science under § 7-501 of this title or disciplinary action under § 7-316 of this subtitle does not prohibit an action to enjoin under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
