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KRS 217.990: Penalties.

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  1. KRS Chapter 217

(1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 217.350 shall be fined not

more than twenty-five dollars ($25).

(2) Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (2) of KRS 217.390

shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars

($100), or imprisoned for not more than fifty (50) days, or both.

(3) Except as provided in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, any person who

violates any of the provisions of KRS 217.280 to 217.390 or who refuses to comply

with any lawful order or requirement duly made in writing as provided in KRS

217.380, shall, for the first offense, be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more

than one hundred dollars ($100), or imprisoned for not more than thirty (30) days,

or both, and for any subsequent offense shall be fined not less than fifty dollars

($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), or imprisoned for not more than

ninety (90) days, or both. Each day after the expiration of the time limit for abating

unsanitary con ditions and completing improvements to abate such conditions, as

ordered under KRS 217.380, shall be a separate offense.

(4) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 217.400 shall be fined not

less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).

(5) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 217.420 to 217.440 shall be

fined not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than one thousand dollars

($1,000), or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both.

(6) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 217.450 shall be fined one

hundred dollars ($100).

(7) Any person who violates any provision of KRS 217.801 shall be fined not less than

fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred d ollars ($500) or imprisoned for not

less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, or both.

(8) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 217.808 to 217.812, or any

rule or regulation adopted thereunder, or who operates a vending machi ne company

or vending machine commissary without a permit as prescribed in KRS 217.808 to

217.812, or who fails to comply with any order of the cabinet or of any local health

department issued pursuant thereto shall be fined not less than twenty -five dollars

($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). Each day of violation or

noncompliance shall constitute a separate offense.

(9) Willful noncompliance with KRS 217.816 shall constitute a violation and shall

subject the violator to a fine of not over fift y dollars ($50) for the first offense and

not over two hundred dollars ($200) for a subsequent offense.

(10) Any person who willfully fails to comply with the provisions of KRS 217.816 to

217.826 shall be guilty of a violation and shall be subject to a fin e of not less than

one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each

violation.

(11) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 217.177 shall be fined not

less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or be

imprisoned in the county jail for not less than five (5) nor more than thirty (30)

days, or both.

(12) Any manufacturer or distributor who dispenses, sells, or otherwise provides to any

other person any legend drug in solid dosage form that fails to comply with the

requirements of KRS 217.907 to 217.915 shall be fined not less than one hundred

dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.

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