Section 12-607 - Penalties. - Maryland Statutes

§ 12-607. Penalties.
 

(a)  Violation of §§ 12-602 through 12-604.-  

(1) In this subsection, "officer" includes a superintendent, manager, and agent of a corporation regardless of whether it engages in the business of providing plumbing services. 

(2) A person, including an officer, who violates any provision of the following sections of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50 for each day or part of each day that the violation continues: 

(i) § 12-602; 

(ii) § 12-603; and 

(iii) § 12-604. 

(b)  Violation of §§ 12-601, 12-605 and 12-606.- A person who violates any provision of the following sections of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or both for each day or part of each day that the violation continues: 

(1) § 12-601; 

(2) § 12-605; and 

(3) § 12-606. 

(c)  Violation of § 12-501(a).- Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of § 12-501(a) of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or both. 

(d)  Additional penalty.-  

(1) In addition to any other penalties under this title, the Board may impose on a person who violates any provision of this subtitle a penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation. 

(2) In setting the amount of the penalty, the Board shall consider: 

(i) the gravity of the violation; 

(ii) the good faith of the violator; 

(iii) the quantity and gravity of previous violations by the same violator; 

(iv) the harm caused to the complainant, the public, and the plumbing profession; 

(v) the assets of the violator; and 

(vi) any other factors that the Board considers relevant. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 56A, § 3-607; 1989, ch. 3, § 1; 1997, ch. 61; 2001, ch. 187.]