25-14-8
Section 25-14-8 Violations; penalties. (a)(1) Upon a finding that a registrant has violated a provision of Section 25-14-6 or 25-14-7, the secretary may: a. Impose an administrative fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for every count or separate offense. b. Impose upon the registrant the cost of investigation and prosecution, including reasonable attorney fees. c. Refuse to register or renew the registration of an offending professional employer organization. (2) The secretary may make, or cause to be made, investigations, audits, or reviews within or without the state as the secretary deems necessary to determine whether a person has violated or is in danger of violating this chapter, including any regulation or rule to aid in the enforcement of this chapter, including any regulation or rule promulgated pursuant to this chapter. (3) All civil penalties collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the Professional Employer Organization Registration Administrative...
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25-14-9
Section 25-14-9 Written contract; rights and duties of clients; employees, and professional employer organizations. (a) All professional employer organization arrangements shall have a written contract between the client and the professional employer organization recognizing the rights, responsibilities, and duties of each party. The contract shall disclose to the client the services to be rendered by the professional employer organization, including the total administrative fees charged for professional employer organization services, the respective rights and obligations of the parties, and shall provide the following: (1) The professional employer organization reserves a right of direction and control over contract employees and exercises that right in the context of the need to do so according to the terms and conditions of the professional employment agreement. The client, however, as an employer, may retain sufficient direction and control over covered employees necessary to...
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25-14-5
Section 25-14-5 Registration requirements; limited registration; reciprocity; fees. (a)(1) A person may not provide, advertise, or otherwise hold itself out as providing professional employer services in this state unless the person is registered under this chapter to operate a professional employer organization. (2) Each person desiring to operate as a professional employer organization shall file with the secretary a completed registration form to include the following information: a. The name or names under which the professional employer organization conducts business. b. The address of the principal place of business of the professional employer organization and the address of each office it maintains in this state. c. The professional employer organization's taxpayer or employer identification number. d. A list by jurisdiction of each name under which the professional employer organization has operated in the preceding five years, including any alternative names, names of...
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25-14-3
Section 25-14-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. The fee charged to a client by a professional employer organization for professional employer services. The term does not include any amount of a fee by the professional employer organization that is for wages and salaries, benefits, workers' compensation, payroll taxes, withholding, or other assessments paid by the professional employer organization to or on behalf of covered employees under the professional employer agreement. (2) CLIENT. A person or entity that enters into a professional employer agreement with a professional employer organization, including a worksite employer. (3) CONTROLLING PERSON. Any of the following: a. An officer or director of a corporation operating as a professional employer organization, a shareholder holding 25 percent or more of the voting stock of a corporation operating as a professional employer organization, or a...
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25-14-7
Section 25-14-7 Grounds for disciplinary action. The following acts constitute grounds for which disciplinary action against a registrant or controlling person may be taken by the secretary: (1) Being convicted of or entering a guilty plea or a plea of nolo contendere to, any of the following: a. A crime in any jurisdiction which relates to the operation of a professional employer organization or the ability to engage in business as a professional employer organization. b. Fraud, deceit, or misconduct in the classification of employees and reporting of employee wages under the workers' compensation laws of this state. c. Fraud, deceit, or misconduct in the establishment of or maintenance of workers' compensation coverage, regardless of whether self-insured or otherwise. d. Fraud, deceit, or misconduct in the operation of a professional employer organization. (2) Failing to maintain evidence of the workers' compensation insurance coverage required in accordance with this chapter. (3)...
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13A-9-71
Section 13A-9-71 Registration of charitable organizations, professional fund raisers, and commercial co-venturers, and professional solicitors; notification of changes; exempt persons; annual report; prohibition against fund raising by unregistered person; contracts between professional fund raisers and commercial co-venturers; appointment of Secretary of State as agent for service of process; use of name of charitable organization without consent; disclosure by solicitors; violations and penalties; injunctive relief. (a) Every charitable organization, except those granted an exemption in subsection (f), which is physically located in this state, intends to solicit contributions in or from this state, or to have contributions solicited in this state, on its behalf, by other charitable organizations, paid solicitors, or commercial co-venturers in or from this state shall, prior to any solicitation, file a registration statement with the Attorney General upon a form prescribed by the...
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25-8-59
Section 25-8-59 Penalties; notice of violation and opportunity to show cause; hearing. (a) Any employer who violates this chapter, or who fails or refuses to obey within a reasonable time any lawful order or direction given by the state officials charged with the enforcement of this chapter, and any parent, guardian, or custodian who suffers or permits a person under his or her care or control who is under 19 years of age to work in violation of this chapter, shall be subject to civil penalties in addition to other penalties provided in this chapter. (b) The department may impose a civil penalty of three hundred dollars ($300) upon the following determination: An employer has violated a statutory provision of Section 25-8-35(17), 25-8-36, 25-8-37, 25-8-38, 25-8-39, 25-8-40, 25-8-41, 25-8-44(a), 25-8-44(b), 25-8-45, 25-8-54, 25-8-57, 25-8-60, or 25-8-61. (c) The department may impose a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to five thousand dollars ($5,000) upon the following...
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25-4-145
Section 25-4-145 Penalties; limitation of actions; collection of overpayments; waiver of overpayments. (a) Penalties. (1) Whoever willfully makes a false statement or representation or who willfully fails to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase any benefit or payment under this chapter, or under an unemployment insurance law of any other state or government, either for himself or herself or for any other person, whether such benefit or payment is actually received or not, shall be guilty of an offense as follows and each such false statement or representation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense: a. If the aggregate amount involved in the offense exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value, that shall constitute a Class B felony. b. If the aggregate amount involved in the offense exceeds five hundred dollars ($500) but does not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), that shall constitute a Class C felony. c. If the aggregate amount...
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34-8A-16
Section 34-8A-16 Disciplinary actions; discovery. (a) The board by a majority of the board members present and voting is authorized to withhold, deny, revoke, or suspend, any license or certificate issued or applied for in accordance with this chapter or otherwise discipline a licensed professional counselor or associate licensed counselor upon proof by proper hearing that the applicant, licensed professional counselor, or associate licensed counselor: (1) Has been convicted, within or without the jurisdiction of this state, of a felony, or any offense involving moral turpitude, the record of conviction being conclusive evidence thereof. (2) Has violated the current code of ethics adopted by the board. (3) Is using any narcotic or any alcoholic beverage to an extent or in a manner dangerous to any other person or the public, or to an extent that it impairs his or her ability to perform the work of a licensed professional counselor or associate licensed counselor with safety to the...
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34-12-12
Section 34-12-12 Violations and penalties. (a) Any person who shall practice or offer to practice the profession of forestry in this state without being registered or exempted in accordance with this chapter; or any person who shall use in connection with his or her name or otherwise assume, use, or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he or she is a registered forester, without being registered or exempted in accordance with this chapter; or any person who shall present or attempt to use as his or her own the license of another; or any person who shall give any false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or any member thereof in obtaining a license; or any person who shall attempt to use an expired or revoked license; or any person, firm, partnership, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor...
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