Florida Statutes 641.3913 – Penalty for violation of cease and desist orders
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 641.3913
- Entity: means any legal entity with continuing existence, including, but not limited to, a corporation, association, trust, or partnership. See Florida Statutes 641.19
- Health maintenance organization: means any organization authorized under this part which:(a) Provides, through arrangements with other persons, emergency care, inpatient hospital services, physician care including care provided by physicians licensed under chapters 458, 459, 460, and 461, ambulatory diagnostic treatment, and preventive health care services. See Florida Statutes 641.19
- person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
Any person, entity, or health maintenance organization which violates a cease and desist order of the department or office under s. 641.3909 while such order is in effect, after notice and hearing as provided in s. 641.3907, shall be subject, at the discretion of the department or office, to any one or more of the following:(1) A monetary penalty of not more than $200,000 as to all matters determined in such hearing.(2) Suspension or revocation of the health maintenance organization’s certificate of authority.