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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 32, § 1256: Violations; penalties; injunction

Certain unlicensed, deceptive, or unauthorized engineering-related conduct is a civil violation, and the State may seek an injunction.

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Violations; penalties; injunction

Certain unlicensed, deceptive, or unauthorized engineering-related conduct is a civil violation, and the State may seek an injunction.

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§ 1256Violations; penalties; injunctionOffence

Certain unlicensed, deceptive, or unauthorized engineering-related conduct is a civil violation, and the State may seek an injunction.

A person who practices or offers to practice the profession of engineering in this State without being licensed or exempted in accordance with this chapter, or a person presenting or attempting to use the license or the seal of another, or a person who gives a false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or to a member of the board in obtaining a license, or a person who falsely impersonates any other licensee of like or different name, or a person who attempts to use an expired or revoked license, or a person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter for which a penalty has not been prescribed commits a civil violation for which a fine of not more than $10,000 may be adjudged. [PL 2019, c. 375, §8 (AMD).] The State may bring an action in Superior Court to enjoin a person from violating this chapter, regardless of whether other administrative, civil or criminal proceedings have been or may be instituted. [PL 2001, c. 421, Pt. B, §95 (AMD); PL 2001, c. 421, Pt. C, §1 (AFF).]
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