A. Enforcement. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who violates any provision of this Part shall be subject to appropriate code enforcement proceeding and subject to fines and penalties specified. Each day that a violation of any provision of this Part continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Any person who violates any provision of this Part shall further be liable in a private action as provided herein.
B. Penalties. Upon the Department's determination that a provider is in violation of this Part hereof, or upon receipt of information of a provider's violation of this Part, the Department may take appropriate action against the individual or business entity, including:
(1) Suspension or revocation of license. Suspension or revocation of licenses granted under Chapter 339, Part 2, for all premises operated by the individual where violations have occurred. During any period of license suspension, each and every location of the individual's business shall cease operation as an immigration assistance service provider.
(2) Cease operations order. The Department may issue a cease operations order for each business location operated by the individual whose license(s) has been suspended in accordance with the same procedures as set out in Chapter 339, Part 2, provided that the cease operations order shall identify the prohibited operations and shall state that the applicable license has been suspended for violation(s) of the code.
(3) No license. No new license shall be issued for a business location posted with a cease operation order or a license suspension, so long as any person under a license suspension imposed by the Department, or any member of such person's immediate family, or, in the case of a corporation, the corporation or any affiliated business entities, retain a pecuniary interest in the property at that location.