§ 12-10-15-15 — Enforcement; penalties

(a) The director shall enforce this chapter.
(b) The director may impose a penalty of not less than one hundred
dollars ($100) but not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each
day of violation of this chapter. However, the total penalty for each
violation may not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(c) A person aggrieved by a penalty imposed under this section may
request a review under IC 4-21.5-3-7. If a request for a hearing is not
filed within fifteen (15) days after the penalty is imposed, the
determination of the director and the penalty is final.
(d) If the director determines that a housing with services
establishment has had substantial and repeated violations of this
chapter, the director may prohibit a housing with services
establishment from using the term "assisted living" to describe the
housing with services establishment's services and operations to the
public.
(e) If the director determines that an operator or administrator of a
housing with services establishment has intentionally violated this
chapter or has made fraudulent and material misrepresentations to a
resident, the director may request the attorney general to investigate
and take appropriate action against the operator or administrator.
(f) Penalties collected under this section shall be deposited in the
state general fund.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.184-2003, SEC.5.