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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:40:2158",
  "title_number": "40",
  "section_number": "2158",
  "citation": "R.S. 40:2158",
  "heading": "Operation without license; penalty",
  "text": "A. A behavioral health services provider shall not operate without a license issued by the department. Any provider or facility operating without a license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined no less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense. It shall be the responsibility of the department to inform the appropriate district attorney of the alleged violation to assure enforcement.\n\nB. If a behavioral health services provider is operating without a license issued by the department, the department shall have the authority to issue an immediate cease and desist order to that provider. Any such provider receiving such a cease and desist order from the department shall immediately cease operations until such time as that provider is issued a license by the department.\n\nC. The department shall seek an injunction in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court against any provider who receives a cease and desist order from the department under Subsection B of this Section and who does not cease operations immediately. Any provider against whom an injunction is granted shall be liable to the department for attorney fees, costs, and damages.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "40",
      "name": "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"
    },
    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "11",
      "name": "STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "IV-A",
      "name": "LICENSING OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDERS"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 40 › Chapter 11 › Part IV-A",
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    {
      "act_year": 2013,
      "act_number": 308,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "2013-06-17",
      "effective_date_raw": "June 17, 2013",
      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2013, No. 308, §1, eff. June 17, 2013.",
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