(a) The executive director may assess any person, board, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company or other entity which violates any provision of sections 10a-22a to 10a-22p, inclusive, sections 10a-22u to 10a-22w, inclusive, or regulations adopted pursuant to § 10a-22k, an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars for each day of such violation, except that, any administrative penalty assessed on and after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to § 10a-22k, shall be in the amount specified in such regulations.

(b) The executive director shall serve written notice upon a private career school when the assessment of such an administrative penalty is under consideration. The notice shall set forth the reasons for the assessment of the penalty. Not later than forty-five days after mailing such notice to the private career school, the executive director, or the executive director’s designee, shall hold a compliance conference with the private career school.

(c) If, after the compliance conference, the executive director determines that imposition of an administrative penalty is appropriate, the executive director shall issue an order and serve written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested upon the private career school.

(d) A private career school aggrieved by the order of the executive director imposing an administrative penalty pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall, not later than fifteen days after such order is mailed, request in writing a hearing before the executive director. Such hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.