37-27-325. Violation -- penalties -- injunction -- manner of charging violation. - Montana Statutes

     37-27-325. Violation -- penalties -- injunction -- manner of charging violation. (1) A person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine not to exceed $500, by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than 6 months, or both.
     (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the board may maintain an action to enjoin a person from engaging in the practice of direct-entry midwifery until a license to practice direct-entry midwifery is obtained. A person who has been enjoined and who violates the injunction is punishable for contempt of court. The injunction does not relieve the person practicing direct-entry midwifery without a license from criminal prosecution. The remedy by injunction is in addition to remedies provided for criminal prosecution of the offender. In charging a person in a complaint for injunction or in an affidavit, information, or indictment with a violation of law by practicing direct-entry midwifery without a license, it is sufficient to charge that the person did, on a certain day and in a certain county, engage in the practice of direct-entry midwifery while not having a license to do so, without averring further or more particular facts concerning the violation.

     History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 550, L. 1991.