Penalty for failure to submit reporting form

Any physician who fails to submit any report required by §§ 34-23A-34 to 34-23A-45 , inclusive, within a grace period of thirty days following the due date is subject to a late fee of five hundred dollars for each additional thirty - day period, or portion of a thirty - day period, that each report is overdue. Any physician who has not submitted a report, or has submitted only an incomplete report, more than one year following the due date, is also subject to a civil action brought by the department. A court of competent jurisdiction may direct the physician to submit a complete report within a period stated by court order or be subject to sanctions for civil contempt. Source: SL 1998, ch 209 , § 8.