Colorado § 26.5-5-321 - Penalty - short title.
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§ 26.5-5-321. Penalty - short title.
(1) On or after July 1, 2021, any person violating any provision of this part 3, intentionally making any false statement or report to the department or to any agency delegated by the department to make an investigation or inspection pursuant to the provisions of this part 3, or violating a cease-and-desist order that is not cured commits a petty offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of up to five hundred dollars, a sentence of up to ten days in jail, or both.
(2) The short title of this section is the "Elle Matthews Act for Increased Safety in Child Care".
Source: L. 2022: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 22-1295), ch. 123, p. 766, § 3, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 26-6-112 as it existed prior to 2022.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 26.5-5-321 is similar to § 26-6-112 as it existed prior to the 2022 amendment to article 5 of title 26.5, which resulted in the relocation of provisions, a relevant case decided under that section has been included in the annotations to this section.
Compliance compelled by criminal action or injunction. Compliance with the licensing requirements may be compelled by either the civil remedy of injunction or a criminal action, or by both. Cavanaugh v. State Dept. of Soc. Servs., 644 P.2d 1 (Colo. 1982).
Criminal sanction is separate remedy from injunction of § 26-6-111. A separate civil remedy of injunction is provided by § 26-6-111, independent of the criminal sanction provided by this section. Cavanaugh v. State Dept. of Soc. Servs., 644 P.2d 1 (Colo. 1982).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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