2005 West Virginia Code - §30-27-12. — Violation to constitute misdemeanor; penalty; concurrent jurisdiction; injunction.

§30-27-12. Violation to constitute misdemeanor; penalty; concurrent jurisdiction; injunction.

Any violation of the provisions of this article or of the rules and regulations of the board of health when promulgated by it as set out in section three, article fourteen, chapter sixteen of this code, shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than ten dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Magistrates shall have concurrent jurisdiction with circuit courts for the enforcement of the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations of the board of health.
Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the director of health or board of barbers and beauticians may, in the manner provided by law, maintain an action in the name of the state for an injunction against any person, partnership, association or corporation to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management or operation of any barbershop, beauty shop, school of barbering or beauty culture, or related agency, when such person, partnership, association or corporation repeatedly refuses to obtain registration or license therefor and continues the practice or teaching of barbering or beauty culture without first obtaining registration or a license therefor in the manner hereinbefore provided.