444-O - Violations and penalties for unlicensed activities.

§  444-o.  Violations  and  penalties  for  unlicensed activities. Any  person subject to  an  administrative  order  issued  by  the  secretary  directing  the cessation of any activity for which a license is required  and/or suspending or revoking a license previously issued  who  directly  or indirectly engages in the business of home inspection, holds himself,  herself,  or  itself  out  to  the public as being able to engage in the  business of home inspection without a license therefor, engages  in  the  business  of  home inspection after having his or her license revoked or  suspended, or without a license  to  engage  in  the  business  of  home  inspection,  directly  or  indirectly  employs, permits or authorizes an  unlicensed person to engage in the business of home inspection shall  be  guilty  of  a misdemeanor and upon the first conviction thereof shall be  sentenced to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars; upon a second  or subsequent conviction thereof shall be sentenced to  a  fine  of  not  less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars. Each  violation of this article shall be deemed a separate offense.