penalties

penalties Sec. 209. (a) Any person violating any provision of this title, or of any regulation made by the Commissioners under the authority of this title shall upon conviction be punished, for the first offense, by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and for any subsequent offense by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or by imprisonment for not exceeding ten years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (b) The conviction of any person for a violation of this title, or of any regulation made under the authority of this title, involving any dangerous drug shall constitute ground for suspension or revocation or denial of renewal of the professional license of such person. Proceedings for such suspension or revocation or denial of renewal shall be had in accordance with the statutes relating to the issuance, revocation, suspension, and denial of renewal of such licenses and in accordance with statutes relating to judicial review of administrative action in connection with the revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of such licenses. (c) As used in this section the term “professional license” means a license issued under the following Acts: (1) The Act entitled “An Act to regulate the practice of the healing art to protect the public health in the District of Columbia”, approved February 27, 1929 (45 Stat. 1326), as amended; (2) the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Act for the regulation of the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia, and for the protection of the people from empiricism in relation thereto”; approved June 6, 1892, and Acts amendatory thereof, 70 Stat. 617approved July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 716), as amended; (3) the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the practice of pharmacy and the sale of poisons in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved May 7, 1906 (34 Stat. 175), as amended ; (4) the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine in the District of Columbia”, approved February 1, 1907 (34 Stat. 870), as amended; (5) the Act entitled “An Act to define the term of ‘registered nurse’ and to provide for the registration of nurses in the District of Columbia”, approved February 9, 1907 (34 Stat. 837), as amended; and (6) the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the practice of podiatry in the District of Columbia”, approved May 23, 1918 (40 Stat. 560), as amended.