Part 5 — Practice Review and Discipline
51 Payment of costs and fines
to or instead of dealing with the conduct of an investigated person
in accordance with section 50, order that the investigated person
pay
(a) all or part of the costs of the hearing or appeal in accordance
with the bylaws,
(b) a penalty not exceeding $10 000 for each finding of
unskilled practice of architecture or unprofessional conduct,
or
(c) both the costs under clause (a) and the penalty under clau se
(b).
(2) If the person ordered to pay a penalty, costs or both under
subsection (1) fails to pay the penalty, costs or both within the time
ordered, the review panel or Council may suspend the registration
of that person until the person has paid the penalty, costs or both.
(3) If the Council finds that a complaint is frivolous or vexatious,
it may order the complainant to pay the costs of the preliminary
investigation and the hearing before the Council determined in
accordance with the bylaws.
RSA 2000
(4) A penalty or costs ordered to be paid to the Association under
this section is a debt due to the Association and may be recovered
by the Association by civil action for debt.
RSA 1980 cA-44.1 s51;1981 c5 s21;1983 c17 s5