70-8-310 - Penalties.
70-8-310. Penalties.
(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this part or the provisions of any regulation or rule promulgated under this part or who violates the terms of any license issued by the department under this part shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or be imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both.
(b) The court shall in all cases impose a fine of at least one hundred dollars ($100) for a person's first conviction under this part and a fine of at least five hundred dollars ($500) for all subsequent convictions of that person under this part.
(c) The court shall not impose a jail sentence for a person's first conviction under this part.
[Acts 1985, ch. 242, § 10; T.C.A., § 11-26-210.]