A. A person who violates a provision of the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Practice Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978. B. In addition to criminal penalties, a person who engages in acupuncture or oriental medicine without a license is subject to disciplinary proceedings by the board. The provisions of Section 61-1-3.2 NMSA 1978 notwithstanding, the board may impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) against such person and may assess the person for administrative costs, including investigative costs and the cost of conducting a hearing. The fine shall be deposited to the credit of the current school fund. History: 1978 Comp., § 61-14A-19, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 158, § 27; 2017, ch. 52, § 3. ANNOTATIONSThe 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, provided additional penalties for engaging in acupuncture or oriental medicine without a license, directed that money collected from fines be deposited to the credit of the current school fund; added the subsection designation 'A.' preceding the first sentence of the section; in Subsection A, after the subsection ey collected from fines be deposited to the credit of the current school fund; added the subsection designation 'A.' preceding the first sentence of the section; in Subsection A, after the subsection designation, deleted 'Any' and added 'A', and after 'who violates', deleted 'any' and added 'a'; and added new Subsection B. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 61 Am. Jur. 2d Physicians, Surgeons and Other Healers, §§ 125 to 130.
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