§ 17-90-105 — Penalty - Injunction

Arkansas § 17-90-105

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 17

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(a) (1) Any optometrist, physician, or surgeon or individual, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). (2) Each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense and be punishable as such. (b) (1) The violation of any provision of this chapter may be enjoined by the State Board of Optometry in the circuit courts of this state even though the violation may be punishable by fine, the intention of this chapter being to provide a speedy means of protecting the public which has not heretofore existed. (2) The board shall not be required to execute or give a bond for cost, indemnity, or stay as a condition to the issuance of a restraining order or injunction, either temporary or permanent, in any court of this state.

Legislative History

Acts 1941, No. 94, §§ 13, 15; 1957, No. 102, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 72-816, 72-818; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 87.