(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-22o, inclusive, sections 10a-22u to 10a-22w, inclusive, or regulations adopted pursuant to section 10a-22k an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars for each day of such violation.

(b) The executive director shall serve written notice upon a private occupational 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 occupational school, the executive director, or the executive director's designee, shall hold a compliance conference with the private occupational 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 occupational school.

(d) A private occupational 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.

(P.A. 79-380, S. 10; P.A. 84-176, S. 2, 5; P.A. 86-48, S. 3, 5; P.A. 90-198, S. 2, 5; P.A. 93-294, S. 9, 17; P.A. 06-150, S. 9; P.A. 09-99, S. 7; 09-116, S. 1; P.A. 12-156, S. 29.)

History: P.A. 84-176 amended section inserting references to Secs. 10-7f to 10-7l, inclusive, and clarifying that the penalty to be assessed is an administrative penalty; P.A. 86-48 added Subsec. (a) designation and substituted “commissioner” for “state board” in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re procedures for assessing the penalty and for appeal; P.A. 90-198 in Subsec. (b) increased the number of days for completion of an administrative review from 21 to 45; P.A. 93-294 made changes necessitated by the transfer of authority for the authorization of schools from the department of education to the department of higher education, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 10-7j transferred to Sec. 10a-22i in 1995; P.A. 06-150 amended Subsec. (a) to make conforming changes and include limited liability companies as entities subject to administrative penalty, amended Subsec. (b) to insert “an administrative”, delete provisions re process for administrative review and hearing and add provision requiring compliance conference not later than 45 days after mailing of notice of consideration of administrative penalty, added Subsec. (c) re imposition of administrative penalty after compliance conference and added Subsec. (d) permitting aggrieved school to request hearing before Board of Governors; P.A. 09-99 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “Board of Governors” with “commissioner”; P.A. 09-116 amended Subsec. (a) by permitting assessment of administrative penalty for violation of regulations adopted pursuant to Sec. 10a-22k; P.A. 12-156 replaced references to commissioner with references to executive director, effective June 15, 2012.