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Section 5-37.2-21 Injunctive relief.

RI Gen L § 5-37.2-21 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 5-37.2-21. Injunctive relief. (a) The department may maintain in any court of competent jurisdiction a suit for an injunction against any person or persons practicing acupuncture and Oriental medicine, or any branch of acupuncture and Oriental medicine, without a license.

(b) This injunction:

(1) May be issued without proof of actual damage sustained by any person, this provision being understood to be a preventive as well as a punitive measure.

(2) Shall not relieve the person from criminal prosecution for practicing without a license.

History of Section. (P.L. 1978, ch. 287, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 18, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 140, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 150, § 2.)

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