A person engaging in or offering to engage in any activity for which a license is required by this chapter without having first obtained the requisite license is subject to an administrative penalty. The person must be issued a citation directing him to appear before an agent of the board appointed to act as the administrative hearing officer. An administrative penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each violation may be imposed. The person to whom a citation has been issued may forfeit appearance by payment of the imposed administrative penalty.

1. (1) for a first offense, a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or a license suspension of not more than thirty days, or both;
2. (2) for a second offense, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or suspension of not more than sixty days, or both;

3. (3) for a third offense, a fine of not more two thousand dollars or a license suspension of not more than ninety days, or both.

   1. (1) a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or license suspension or revocation for not more than one year;
   2. (2) increase in surety bonding or other approved security requirements. The licensee must be given at least thirty days' notice of the time and place of the hearing and of the charges. A person aggrieved by a ruling of the board may appeal to an administrative law judge as provided under Article 5 of Chapter 23 of Title 1.

   The licensee must be given at least thirty days' notice of the time and place of the hearing and of the charges. A person aggrieved by a ruling of the administrative hearing officer may appeal to the board within fifteen days after the ruling. The request for appeal must be in writing. The board shall state in writing its findings and determinations after the appeal and its decision in the matter. Appeals from the decision of the board are to an administrative law judge as provided under Article 5 of Chapter 23 of Title 1.

   A licensee who violates any other provisions of this chapter or regulations promulgated by its authority or accumulates three or more consumer complaints or violations which have not been corrected within the prescribed time upon citation of the board shall appear before the board for a hearing which may result in:

Upon appearance, if it is determined that an administrative penalty must be imposed, the person cited may appeal the decision to the board. The request for appeal must be in writing.

A licensee who violates a provision of this chapter or regulation in regard to consumer complaints shall upon citation by the board appear before an agent of the board appointed to act as administrative hearing officer for a hearing which may result in the imposition of the following administrative penalties: