CHAPTER 155
SB 358 - FINAL VERSION
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2002 SESSION
08/09
SENATE BILL 358
COMMITTEE: Public Institutions, Health and Human Services
This bill allows the commissioner of the department of health and human services to assess fines to ophthalmic dispensers who fail to register or reregister with the department.
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02-3094
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT relative to the authority to assess administrative fines to ophthalmic dispensers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
155:1 New Section; Ophthalmic Dispensing; Assessment of Fines for Failure to Register or Reregister. Amend RSA 327-A by inserting after section 16 the following new section:
327-A:17 Administrative Fines. The commissioner after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine of $250 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.
155:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2003.
(Approved: May 15, 2002)
(Effective Date: January 1, 2003)