§ 131D-10.7. Penalties.
§131D‑10.7. Penalties.
Any person who establishes orprovides foster care for children or who receives and places children inresidential child‑care facilities, family foster homes or adoptive homeswithout a license shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and upon convictionshall only be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) forthe first offense and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for eachsubsequent offense. Each day of a continuing violation after conviction shallbe considered a separate offense. (1983, c. 637, s. 2; 1993, c.539, s. 955; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)