Section 24187 - Administrative penaltiesFor violations of Section 24185, the State Director of Health Services may, after appropriate notice and opportunity for hearing, by order, levy administrative penalties as follows:
(a) If the violator is a corporation, firm, clinic, hospital, laboratory, or research facility, by a civil penalty of not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) or the applicable amount under subdivision (c), whichever is greater.(b) If the violator is an individual, by a civil penalty of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or the applicable amount under subdivision (c), whichever is greater.(c) If any violator derives pecuniary gain from a violation of this section, the violator may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than an amount equal to the amount of the gross gain multiplied by two.(d) The administrative penalties shall be paid to the General Fund.Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 24187
Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 688, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1998. This chapter is repealed pursuant to its own terms effective January 1, 2003. .