A. The board may enjoin any person from engaging in doing the work of a tradesman plumber, journeyman plumber, master plumber, medical gas piping installer, medical gas and vacuum systems verifier, gas fitter, master gas fitter, or water supply protection specialist wherever it appears that a person is violating or is conspiring to violate the provisions of this Chapter. The board may also enjoin an employing entity from violating or conspiring to violate the provisions of this Chapter.

            B. The injunctions provided for herein may be obtained without the necessity of posting bond. A court of competent jurisdiction may in its discretion award a reasonable attorney fee to the board in the event the board prevails in any such action. In order for the board to sustain any such action, it is not necessary to allege or prove either that an adequate remedy at law does not exist or that substantial or irreparable damage would result from the continued violation of this Chapter.

            Acts 1990, No. 752, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 824, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1020, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2016, No. 297, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 515, §1.