Section 22-21-390 Violations; penalties; injunctive relief.
Section 22-21-390
Violations; penalties; injunctive relief.
(a) Any person or corporation engaging in the business of operating a dental service plan without first having procured a license from the Department of Insurance, as required by this article, and any person or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided by law.
(b) Any person making any willfully false statement in any written document required by this article to be filed with the department, or with any examiner at any investigation or hearing conducted by the department or examiner, is guilty of perjury and shall be punished as provided by law.
(c) In addition to any other penalties provided for in this article, the department is authorized to apply to the appropriate circuit court by sworn affidavit that it has reason to believe that a violation of any of the provisions of this article, or of any rules promulgated pursuant to this article, has occurred, and such court shall have jurisdiction, upon hearing and for good cause shown, to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person or corporation from violating said provisions or rules, whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law, and such injunction shall issue without bond.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-463, p. 741, §31.)