(1) Repealed.
(2) Any person who practices or offers or attempts nursing aide practice or medication administration without an active certificate of authority issued under this article; practices in a medical facility as a nurse aide except as provided in this article; uses any designation in connection with his or her name that tends to imply that he or she is a certified nurse aide unless he or she is so certified under this article; practices as a nurse aide during any period when his or her certificate has been suspended or revoked; or sells or fraudulently obtains or furnishes a certificate to practice as a nurse aide or aids or abets therein commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501, C.R.S., for the first offense, and any person committing a second or subsequent offense commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.