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139A.25 PENALTIES.
1. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a person who
knowingly violates any provision of this chapter, or of the rules of
the department or a local board, or any lawful order, written or
oral, of the department or board, or of their officers or authorized
agents, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, an individual who repeatedly
fails to file any mandatory report specified in this chapter is
subject to a report being made to the licensing board governing the
professional activities of the individual. The department shall
notify the individual each time that the department determines that
the individual has failed to file a required report. The department
shall inform the individual in the notification that the individual
may provide information to the department to explain or dispute the
failure to report.
3. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a public, private, or hospital
clinical laboratory that repeatedly fails to file a mandatory report
specified in this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more
than one thousand dollars per occurrence. The department shall not
impose the penalty under this subsection without prior written notice
and opportunity for hearing. Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §25
Referred to in § 139A.40
