(1) Any person who violates any provisions of KRS 363.900 to 363.906 or any administrative regulation promulgated pursuant to KRS 363.900 to 363.906 may be required to pay a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(2) It shall be the duty of the department or, upon the request of the Commissioner, the Attorney General to bring an action for the recovery of the penalties provided for in this section and to bring an action for an injunction against any person violating or threatening to violate any provision of KRS 363.900 to 363.908 or violating or threatening to violate any administrative regulation or order of the department promulgated pursuant to KRS 363.900 to 363.908. In that action, any previous fine or finding of the department shall be prima facie evidence of the facts found therein.