New Hampshire § 170-E-21 - Section 170-E:21 Penalty.
Full text of New Hampshire New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 170-E-21 — Section 170-E:21 Penalty., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 170-E-21. Section 170-E:21 Penalty.
I. Any natural person shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and any other person shall be guilty of a class B felony, who conducts, operates, or acts as a child day care agency without a license or permit to do so in violation of RSA 170-E:4, I. II. Any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor who: (a) Makes materially false statements to obtain or retain a license or permit. (b) Fails to keep the records and make the reports required under this subdivision. (c) Is required to obtain a license or permit under this subdivision and who advertises or causes to be published an advertisement soliciting a child for child day care which is not authorized by any license or permit held. (d) Violates any other provision of this subdivision or any rule adopted under RSA 541-A by the commissioner for the enforcement of this subdivision. (e) Holds themselves out in any way or advertises that they are licensed if they do not hold a license issued by the department. II-a. Any person who operates a licensed or unlicensed child day care agency in violation of RSA 170-E:4, and, as a direct result of that persons' negligent operation, a child suffers permanent impairment to brain function, permanent paralysis, or other permanent debilitating injury, or death, shall be guilty of a class B felony. III. Each day a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
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