Procedures for Assessing and Collecting Administrative Fines

Alc 413.04 Procedures for Assessing and Collecting Administrative Fines. (a) Payment of an administrative fine shall be included among the options available for settling disciplinary allegations, and shall be included among the types of disciplinary sanctions imposed after notice and hearing. (b) In cases where the board initially intends to limit disciplinary sanctions to an administrative fine, the board shall issue a “notice of apparent liability” describing the alleged offense, stating the amount of the assessed fine, and notifying the alleged offender that he or she shall pay the fine by a certain date or request that an administrative hearing be held. If a hearing is requested, the notice of apparent liability shall be withdrawn and a notice of hearing shall be issued. In such hearings, the board’s disciplinary options shall not be limited to the assessment of an administrative fine. (c) Nonpayment of an administrative fine by a licensee or respondent in contravention of an order, agreement, or promise to pay shall be grounds for discipline by the board and a basis for judicial action seeking to collect the fine. Source. #12548, eff 7-1-18