§ 27-34.2-10 - Enforcement and penalties.
SECTION 27-34.2-10
§ 27-34.2-10 Enforcement and penalties.– (a) If the director for any reason has cause to believe that any violation ofthis chapter has occurred or is threatened, the director may give notice to anypersons who appear to be involved in the suspected violation to arrange aconference with the alleged violators or their authorized representatives forthe purposes of attempting to ascertain the facts relating to the suspectedviolation, and, in the event it appears that any violation has occurred or isthreatened, to arrive at an adequate and effective means of correcting orpreventing the violations;
(2) Proceedings under this subsection are to be governed bychapter 35 of title 42.
(b) The director may issue an order directing any persons tocease and desist from engaging in any act or practice in violation of theprovisions of this chapter;
(2) Within thirty (30) days after service of the order tocease and desist, the respondent may request a hearing on the question ofwhether acts or practices in violation of this chapter have occurred. Thehearings shall be conducted pursuant to §§ 42-35-9 – 42-35-13and judicial review shall be available as provided by §§ 42-35-15 and42-35-16.
(c) The director may, upon a finding that provisions of thischapter have been violated, levy an administrative penalty in an amount notless than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than fifty thousand dollars($50,000), if reasonable notice in writing is given of the intent to levy thepenalty and the persons alleged to have violated this chapter have a reasonabletime in which to remedy the defect in its operations which gave rise to thepenalty citation.