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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="8-320" title_number="8" title_name="Entities That Act as Insurers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Third Party Administrators">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To enforce this subtitle and any regulation adopted under it, the Commissioner may issue an order that requires the violator to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>cease and desist from the violation and further similar violations; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>take specific affirmative action to correct the violation, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the restitution of money, property, or other assets to a person aggrieved by the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the restoration to the plan or the life insurer of profits realized by the administrator that have been made through use of assets of the plan or the life insurer by the administrator; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the removal of the administrator that committed the violation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner may file a petition in the circuit court of any county to enforce an order issued under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In an action brought by the Commissioner under this section, the Commissioner may recover for the use of the State reasonable attorney’s fees and the costs of the action.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to any other enforcement action taken by the Commissioner under this section, the Commissioner may impose a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation of this article committed by an administrator.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Commissioner may impose a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per day for each day that a person is in violation of § 8–303(a) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In determining the amount of the civil penalty imposed under this subsection, the Commissioner shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the seriousness of the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the good faith of the violator;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the violator’s history of previous violations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the deleterious effect of the violation on the plan and its participants and beneficiaries;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the assets of the violator; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>any other factors that relate to the determination of a financial penalty.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This section does not limit any regulatory power of the Commissioner under Title 2 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
