Cease-and-desist orders - unauthorized practice - penalties.

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(1) If it appears to the director, based upon credible evidence as presented in a written complaint by any person, that a licensee is acting in a manner that is a threat to the health and safety of the public, or a person is acting or has acted without the required license, the director, in accordance with the procedures specified in section 12-20-405, may issue an order to cease and desist the activity. The order must set forth the statutes and rules alleged to have been violated, the facts alleged to have constituted the violation, the specific harm that threatens the health and safety of the public, and the requirement that all unlawful acts or unlicensed practices immediately cease.

(2) A person who practices or offers or attempts to practice as a hearing aid provider or who engages in the practice of dispensing, fitting, or dealing in hearing aids without an active hearing aid provider license issued under this article 230 is subject to penalties pursuant to section 12-20-407 (1)(a).

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1153, § 1, effective October 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-5.5-303 as it existed prior to 2019.


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