Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 37:3431 - Injunction; penalty; attorney's fees; costsA. The board, through its proper officer, may cause to issue in any competent court, a writ of injunction enjoining any person from practicing as a clinical exercise physiologist as defined herein until such person obtains a license under the provisions of this Chapter. This injunction shall not be subject to being released upon bond.B. If it is established that the defendant has been or is committing an act declared to be a misdemeanor by this Chapter, the court shall enter a decree enjoining the defendant from further committing such act.C. In case of violation of any injunction issued under the provisions of this Section, the court may summarily try and punish the offender for contempt of court.D. The injunctive proceedings shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, all penalties and other remedies provided in this Chapter.E. In the suit for an injunction, the board, through its president, may demand of the defendant a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars, and attorney's fees not to exceed one hundred dollars, in addition to the costs of court. This judgment for penalty, attorney's fees, and costs may be rendered in the same judgment in which the injunction is made absolute.F. The trial of the proceeding by injunction shall be summary and by the judge without a jury.