145.12 Prohibitions and penalties.

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(1)Any person who engages in or follows the business or occupation of, or advertises or holds himself or herself out as or acts temporarily or otherwise as a master plumber, as an automatic fire sprinkler contractor or as a business establishment holding an automatic fire sprinkler-maintenance only registration certificate without first having secured the required license or certificate, or who otherwise violates any provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or imprisoned for 30 days or both. Each day such violation continues shall be a separate offense.

(2)Any person violating this chapter or failing to obey a lawful order of the department, or a judgment or decree of a court in connection with this chapter, may be imprisoned for not more than 3 months or fined not more than $500.

(3)Any master plumber who shall employ an apprentice on plumbing representing the apprentice to be a journeyman, or who shall charge for an apprentice a journeyman’s wage, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $25, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days. Each day of violation shall be a separate offense.

(4)Any person who violates any order under s. 145.02

(f)or 145.20

(f)or any rule or standard adopted under s. 145.02 shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $1,000 for each violation. Each violation of an order under s. 145.02

(f)or 145.20

(f)or a rule or standard under s. 145.02 constitutes a separate offense, and each day of continued violation is a separate offense.

(a)In lieu of any other penalty under this section, the department may directly assess a forfeiture by issuing an order against any person who violates s. 145.06 or 145.20

(6). The department may not assess a forfeiture exceeding $2,000 for each violation.

(b)The department shall promulgate rules specifying the procedures governing the assessment of forfeitures under this subsection including the following:

1. The procedure for issuing an order for an alleged violation.

2. The amount of a forfeiture that the department may assess for an alleged violation, subject to the limit under par.

(a).