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Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Chapter 210

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  210.256.  Violations, penalties — injunction, procedure. — 1.  Any person who violates any provision of sections 210.252 to 210.255, or who for such person or for any other person makes a materially false statement in the notice of parental responsibility required by sections 210.254 and 210.255, shall be guilty of an infraction for the first offense and shall be assessed a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars and shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor for subsequent offenses.  In case such guilty person is a corporation, association, institution, or society, the officers thereof who participate in such violation shall be subject to the same penalties.

  2.  In addition to initiating proceedings pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, or in lieu thereof, the prosecuting attorney of the county where the child-care facility is located may file suit for a preliminary and permanent order overseeing or preventing the operation of a child-care facility for violating any provision of section 210.252.  The injunction shall remain in force until such time as the court determines that the child-care facility is in substantial compliance.

  3.  In cases of imminent bodily harm to children in the care of a child-care facility, the department of elementary and secondary education may apply to the circuit court of the county in which the child-care facility is located for injunctive relief, which may include removing the children from the facility, overseeing the operation of the facility or closing the facility.

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(L. 1993 H.B. 376 § 3, A.L. 1999 H.B. 490 & H.B. 308, A.L. 2022 S.B. 683)


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