Any person licensed, registered, permitted, or certified or issued a multistate licensure privilege by any health regulatory board who violates any provision of statute or regulation pertaining to that board and who is not criminally prosecuted may be subject to the monetary penalty provided in this section. If the board or any special conference committee determines that a respondent has violated any provision of statute or regulation pertaining to the board, it shall determine the amount of any monetary penalty to be imposed for the violation, which shall not exceed $5,000 for each violation. The penalty may be sued for and recovered in the name of the Commonwealth. All such monetary penalties shall be deposited in the Literary Fund.
1980, c. 678, § 54-961; 1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 659; 1997, c. 564; 2003, cc. 753, 762; 2004, c. 49; 2017, c. 423.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 24 - General Provisions
§ 54.1-2400. General powers and duties of health regulatory boards
§ 54.1-2400.01. Certain definition
§ 54.1-2400.01:1. Surgery defined; who may perform surgery
§ 54.1-2400.01:2. Ophthalmic prescription defined; who may provide ophthalmic prescriptions
§ 54.1-2400.1. Mental health service providers; duty to protect third parties; immunity
§ 54.1-2400.3. Disciplinary actions to be reported
§ 54.1-2400.4. Mental health service providers duty to inform; immunity; civil penalty
§ 54.1-2400.8. Immunity for reporting
§ 54.1-2400.9. Reporting disabilities of drivers
§ 54.1-2402. Citizen members on health regulatory boards
§ 54.1-2402.1. Appointments, removals, and limitation of terms of members of regulatory boards
§ 54.1-2403. Certain advertising prohibited
§ 54.1-2403.01. Routine component of prenatal care
§ 54.1-2403.02. Prenatal education; cord blood banking
§ 54.1-2403.1. Protocol for certain medical history screening required
§ 54.1-2403.3. Medical records; ownership; provision of copies
§ 54.1-2404. Itemized statements required upon request
§ 54.1-2404.1. Patient records
§ 54.1-2406. Treatment records of practitioners
§ 54.1-2407. Requirements for human research
§ 54.1-2408. Disqualification for license, certificate or registration
§ 54.1-2408.2. Minimum period for reinstatement after revocation
§ 54.1-2408.3. Practice pending appeal
§ 54.1-2408.4. Temporary authorization to practice
§ 54.1-2409. Mandatory suspension or revocation; reinstatement; hearing for reinstatement
§ 54.1-2409.2. Board to set criteria for determining need for professional regulation
§ 54.1-2409.3. Participation of advisory boards in disciplinary proceedings
§ 54.1-2409.4. Authority to receive laboratory results directly