§ 42-72.1-7 — § 42-72.1-7. Penalties for violations.

Rhode Island § 42-72.1-7

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 42: State Affairs and Government
• Ch. 42-72.1: Licensing and Monitoring of Child Placing Agencies, Child Caring Agencies, Foster and Adoptive Homes, and Children’s Behavioral Health Programs

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§ 42-72.1-7. 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, agency, or facility without first having obtained a license, or who maintains or conducts a program, agency, or facility after a license has been revoked or suspended, or who shall refuse to permit a reasonable inspection and examination of a program, agency, or facility, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and,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, agency, or facility shall have been maintained without a license or for each refusal to permit inspection and examination by the director.

(c) [Deleted by P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 4, § 21.]

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

Legislative History

P.L. 1986, ch. 254, § 5; P.L. 1986, ch. 274, § 5; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 4, § 21.