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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 10.56.09.03" title_num="10" subtitle_num="56" chapter_num="09" heading="Imposition of a Penalty.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>After a hearing under Health Occupations Article, §5-312, Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 10.56.04, and subject to the guidelines set forth in Regulation .05 of this chapter, the Board may discipline a licensee or impose an administrative monetary penalty of $5,000 or less on a licensee who is found to have committed a violation of Health Occupations Article, Title 5, Annotated Code of Maryland, and this subtitle.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Board may impose a penalty under §A of this regulation:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In addition to suspension or revocation of a license; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Instead of suspension of a license.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>