Any home care agency, home care agency administrator, or home health aide covered by the Home Care Act that has been determined by the State Department of Health to have violated any provision of the Home Care Act or any rule promulgated thereto may be liable for an administrative penalty of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per violation for each day on which a violation occurs or continues. The maximum administrative penalty shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for any related series of violations. Funds collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Home Health Care Revolving Fund created in Section 1-1971 of this title.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 139, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 283, § 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1994, c. 382, § 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 219, § 2, emerg. eff. May 19, 1997.