1. (a) A person who violates any provision of § 6-301 of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or both.

2. (b)

   1. (1) A person who violates § 6-303 of this subtitle or any regulation adopted under § 6-303 of this subtitle is subject to an administrative penalty of up to $250 per violation, not exceeding $10,000.

   2. (2) The administrative penalty under this subsection shall be assessed with consideration given to:

      1. (i) The willfulness of the violation and the extent to which the violation was known to the violator but uncorrected by the violator;
      2. (ii) The extent to which the violation resulted in actual harm to human health;
      3. (iii) The nature and degree of injury to or interference with general welfare and health; and
      4. (iv) The extent to which the current violation is part of a recurrent pattern of the same or similar type of violation committed by the violator.
3. (c) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense under this section.

Added by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2. Amended by Acts 2001, c. 707, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2001.

Formerly Art. 43, § 117A.