45:14D-20 Additional penalties.
10. In addition or as an alternative, as the case may be, to revoking, suspending or refusing to renew any license, the director may, after affording an opportunity to be heard:
a. Assess civil penalties in accordance with P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-1 et seq.);
b. Order that any person violating any provision of that act cease and desist from future violations thereof or take affirmative corrective action as necessary with regard to any act or practice found to be unlawful by the director;
c. Order any person found to have violated any provision of that act to restore or to return to any person aggrieved by an unlawful act or practice any moneys or property, real or personal, acquired by means of that act or practice; except that the director shall not order restoration in a dollar amount greater than those moneys received by a licensee or his agent or any other person violating that act.
In any administrative proceeding on a complaint alleging a violation of that act, the director may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of books, records, or documents at the hearing on the complaint.
L.1984, c.140, s.10; amended 1993, c.365, s.13; 2010, c.87, s.37.
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