TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 16

NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS

54-1611.  Misdemeanors listed — Penalties. (1) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to:

(a)  Sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any license or aid or abet therein; or

(b)  Practice as a nursing home administrator under cover of any license illegally or fraudulently obtained or unlawfully issued; or

(c)  Practice as a nursing home administrator or use in connection with his or her name any designation tending to imply that he or she is a nursing home administrator unless duly licensed to so practice under the provisions of this act; or

(d)  Practice as a nursing home administrator during the time his or her license issued under the provisions of this article shall be suspended or revoked; or

(e)  Otherwise violate any of the provisions of this act.

(2)  Such misdemeanor shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

History:

[54-1611, added 1970, ch. 177, sec. 11, p. 512; am. 1999, ch. 161, sec. 8, p. 447.]