# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 28 — Board of Examiners in Optometry

### Chapter 13 — Civil Penalties

#### Regulation .03 Authority to Impose an Administrative Monetary Penalty.

*COMAR 10.28.13.03*

A. After a hearing under Health Occupations Article, §11-315, Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 10.28.04, the Board may impose an administrative monetary penalty of $5,000 or less on a licensee who is found to have committed a violation.

B. The Board may impose a penalty under §A of this regulation:

  (1) For each occasion the licensee commits a violation, not to exceed a maximum of $5,000;

  (2) In addition to suspension or revocation of a license; or

  (3) Instead of suspension of a license.