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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="9-3A-17" title_number="9" title_name="Nursing Home Administrators and Assisted Living Managers" subtitle_number="3A" subtitle_name="Assisted Living Managers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may issue a cease and desist order for practicing as an assisted living manager without a license or with an unauthorized individual or for supervising or aiding an unauthorized individual in the practice of assisted living management.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An action for aiding and abetting may be maintained in the name of the State or the Board to enjoin:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The unauthorized practice of assisted living management; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Conduct that is a ground for disciplinary action under § 9–3A–12 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An action under this section 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 section shall be brought in the county where the defendant resides or engages in the acts sought to be enjoined.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <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="5">
      <text>An action under this section is in addition to and not instead of criminal prosecution for the unauthorized practice of assisted living management under § 9–401 of this title or disciplinary action under § 9–3A–12 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
