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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:37:2509",
  "title_number": "37",
  "section_number": "2509",
  "citation": "R.S. 37:2509",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "A. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to:\n\n(1) Sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any license or aid or abet therein.\n\n(2) Practice as a nursing facility administrator, under cover of any license or registration illegally or fraudulently obtained or unlawfully issued.\n\n(3) Practice as a nursing facility administrator or use in connection with his name any designation tending to imply that he is a nursing facility administrator unless duly licensed and registered to so practice under the provisions of this Chapter.\n\n(4) Practice as a nursing facility administrator with a license or registration issued under the provisions of this Chapter which is suspended or revoked.\n\n(5) Otherwise violate any of the provisions of this Chapter.\n\nB. Such misdemeanor shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year or both.",
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    {
      "level": "title",
      "number": "37",
      "name": "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"
    },
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      "number": "31",
      "name": "NURSING FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 37 › Chapter 31",
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      "act_year": 1969,
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    },
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      "act_year": 1992,
      "act_number": 241,
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      "act_year": 1999,
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      "effective_date": "1999-07-01",
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Added by Acts 1969, No. 131, §9; Acts 1992, No. 241, §1, eff. June 10, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 546, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.",
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