§ 42-12.5-7. Penalties for violations. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or any regulations issued pursuant to this chapter, or who shall intentionally make any false statement or reports to the director with reference to the matters contained herein, shall, upon conviction for the first offense, be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six (6) months or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or both, and for a second or subsequent offense, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both the fine and imprisonment.

(b) Anyone who maintains or conducts a program or facility without first having obtained a license pursuant to this chapter, or who maintains or conducts a program or facility after a license has been revoked or suspended, or who shall refuse to permit a reasonable inspection and examination of a program or facility, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each week that the program or facility shall have been maintained without a license or for each refusal to permit inspection and examination by the director.

(c) Any individual, firm, corporation, or other entity who maintains or conducts a family day care home without first having obtained a registration certificate for the home pursuant to this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each week that the home shall have been maintained without a valid registration certificate.

(d) The department shall refer any violations to the attorney general's office for prosecution.

History of Section. (P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 4, § 15.)