Alabama Administrative Code
Title 660 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Chapter 660-5-39 - LICENSING: MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
Section 660-5-39-.18 - Penalty For Unlicensed Facilities
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 5, February 29, 2024
(1) If the Department representative determines, through investigation, that any person, group of persons or corporation is, or has been, operating an unlicensed child-placing agency, the results of the investigation shall be reported to the Attorney General and to the appropriate District Attorney for prosecution.
(2) Filing of the report may be delayed for a period, not to exceed 60 days, to allow the person, group of persons or corporation reasonable opportunity to apply for a license or a six-month permit.
(3) Any person, group of persons, association or corporation who conducts, operates or acts as a child care facility without a license, or a 6-month permit or an approval ... is in violation of the provisions of the Child Care Act of 1971 ... or if any person, etc. violates any other provision of said Act ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor ... and shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1000 or be imprisoned in the county jail not longer than one year or both fine and imprisonment.
Author: Jerome Webb
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 38-4-5 through -6, §§ 38-7-1 through -17, §§ 41-22-1 through -27.
