Utah Code 58-17b-505. Educational and enforcement fund
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(1) The director may use the money collected pursuant to Section 58-17b-504 for the following purposes:
Terms Used In Utah Code 58-17b-505
- board: means the Utah State Board of Pharmacy created in Section
58-17b-201 . See Utah Code 58-17b-102 - Director: means the director of the Division of Professional Licensing. See Utah Code 58-1-102
- Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section
58-1-103 . See Utah Code 58-1-102 - Person: means :(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Unlawful conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Sections
58-1-501 and58-17b-501 . See Utah Code 58-17b-102(1)(a) education and training of licensees under this chapter;(1)(b) enforcement of this chapter by:(1)(b)(i) investigating unprofessional or unlawful conduct;(1)(b)(ii) providing legal representation to the division when legal action is taken against a person engaging in unprofessional or unlawful conduct;(1)(b)(iii) monitoring compliance of renewal requirement; and(1)(b)(iv) education and training of division staff and board members.
(2) All funding for the purposes listed in Subsection (1) is nonlapsing.
(3) Any penalty which is not paid may be collected by the director by either referring the matter to a collection agency or bringing an action in the district court of the county in which the person against whom the penalty is imposed resides or in the county where the office of the director is located.
(4) Any county attorney or the attorney general of the state is to provide legal assistance and advice to the director in any action to collect the penalty. In any action brought to enforce the provisions of this section, reasonable attorney’s fees and costs shall be awarded in which the person against whom the penalty is imposed resides or in the county where the office of the director is located.