(a) The Commissioner may, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, impose an administrative penalty of not more than $15,000.00 against any person who violates a provision of this chapter. The hearing before the Commissioner shall be a contested case subject to the provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 25.

(b) A provider who violates a provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $15,000.00, or imprisonment for a period not to exceed one year, or both.

(c) The Department, or the Attorney General at the request of the Department, may bring an action to enforce the provisions of this chapter in the Superior Court. The Court may grant temporary and permanent injunctive relief and may exercise all the powers available to it. (Added 1987, No. 247 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1995, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 25.)