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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 31.10.21.08" title_num="31" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="21" heading="Penalties.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Criminal Penalty. A person who violates a provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction is subject to a penalty not exceeding $1,000. Each day a violation is continued after the first conviction is a separate offense.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Administrative Penalty. In addition to, or instead of, the criminal penalty described in §A of this regulation, the Commissioner may impose an administrative penalty not to exceed $5,000 for violation of any regulation of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>When considering whether conditions warrant the imposition of an administrative penalty, the Commissioner shall consider the following factors:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The nature and seriousness of each condition of noncompliance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The number of conditions of noncompliance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The extent to which a condition of noncompliance is part of an ongoing pattern;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The efforts made by, and the ability of the private review agent to correct, the condition of noncompliance in a timely manner; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Other factors as justice may require.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Commissioner may impose an administrative penalty for any one of the factors in §C of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>