(A) The state medical board may assess against a person a forfeiture of not more than twenty thousand dollars for each separate violation or failure of the person to comply with any of the requirements of sections 2919.171, 2919.192, 2919.193, 2919.194, 2919.195, or 2919.196 of the Revised Code. The board shall comply with the adjudication requirements of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code when assessing the forfeiture. The forfeiture may be in addition to criminal penalties that are imposed under other sections of the Revised Code.
(B) An action to recover a forfeiture shall be prosecuted in the name of the state and shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county. The action shall be commenced and prosecuted by the attorney general when directed by the board.
(C) Moneys collected under division (A) of this section or recovered by an action under division (B) of this section shall be paid to the treasurer of state for deposit into the foster care and adoption initiatives fund created under section 5103.11 of the Revised Code.
Added by 133rd General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 23, §1, eff. 7/11/2019.
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