New Hampshire § 170-E-45 - Section 170-E:45 Penalty.

§ 170-E-45. Section 170-E:45 Penalty.

I. Any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor who: (a) Conducts, operates or acts as a child care facility or child-placing agency without a license or permit to do so in violation of RSA 170-E:27, I; (b) Makes materially false statements in order to obtain or retain a license or permit; (c) Fails to keep the records and make the reports required under this subdivision; (d) Is required to obtain a license or permit under this subdivision and who advertises or causes to be published an advertisement for a service which is not authorized by any license or permit held; (e) Violates any other provision of this subdivision or any rule adopted under RSA 541-A by the commissioner for the enforcement of this subdivision; (f) Fails to comply with the requirements for notifying parents, legal guardians, or the department under RSA 170-E:27-a, I. II. Foster family homes and kinship care homes which have not been licensed but which have been asked to receive children by the department or another child-placing agency on an emergency basis shall not be subject to the penalty provided in subparagraph I(a). The exemption provided in this paragraph is valid for a period of 180 days from the date of placement of the child in the home. III. Each day a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.