TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 12

CHILD CARE LICENSING REFORM ACT

39-1220.  Operating without license misdemeanor. Any person or persons who operate a foster home, children’s agency, children’s therapeutic outdoor program or children’s residential care facility, within this state, without first obtaining a license as provided in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. However, in the event of an initial citation for violation of the provisions of this section, if a person makes the application required within thirty (30) days, the complaint shall be dismissed. The penalty for violation of the provisions of this section shall be three hundred dollars ($300) for each day of a continuing violation, which penalty shall accrue from thirty (30) days following the initial notice of violation in the event of a finding of violation.

History:

[39-1220, added 1963, ch. 320, sec. 13, p. 901; am. 1990, ch. 215, sec. 21, p. 578; am. 2001, ch. 93, sec. 14, p. 241; am. 2002, ch. 219, sec. 10, p. 604.]