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DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS 1200-1797.8›CHAPTER 2.2. Health Care Service Plans 1340-1399.864›ARTICLE 8. Other Enforcement Procedures 1390-1394.3

§ 1390

California Health and Safety Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter or of any rule or order thereunder shall upon conviction be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or imprisoned pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or in a county jail for not more than one year, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment, but no person may be imprisoned for the violation of any rule or order if it is proven that such person had no knowledge of the rule or order.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 138. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)

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