Criminal and Other Penalties and Remedies

3 CMC § 2225 — under Health Care Professions Licensing Board.

3 CMC § 2225

TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES

DIVISION 2: HEALTH

§ 2225. Criminal and Other Penalties and Remedies. (a) Misdemeanor. (1) Every person who intentionally practices or attempts to practice any health care profession within the Commonwealth in violation of this chapter and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (2) Upon conviction, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 for each offense, or by imprisonment for not more that one year for each offense, or by both. (b) Felony. (1) Every person who intentionally, and recklessly or maliciously, practices, or after prior conviction of an act prohibited hereunder, attempts to practice, any health care profession within the Commonwealth in violation of this chapter and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, shall be guilty of a felony. (2) Upon conviction, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 for each offense, or by imprisonment: for not more that ten years for each offense, or by both. (c) Injunctive relief shall not constitute the exclusive remedy to a violation, nor shall issuance of an injunctive order relieve those enjoined from criminal prosecution. Source: PL 3-30, § 10; amended by PL 7-48, § 3 (§ 2225); repealed and reenacted by PL 15-105, § 3(2225), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission deleted figures in subsection (b)(2) that repeated written words pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(e).