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17.990 Penalties.
(1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 17.320 to 17.340 shall be
fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(2) Any public official or employee who knowingly or intentionally makes, or causes to
be made, a false return of information to the department shall be punished by
confinement in jail for not more than ninety (90) days, by a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars ($500), or both.
(3) (a) Any child-care center which violates KRS 17.165(4) or child-care provider
that violates KRS 17.165(5) may be liable for license or certification
revocation and the imposition of a civil penalty of not less than five hundred
dollars ($500) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) to be imposed
and collected by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; and
(b) In addition to penalties listed in this subsection, any child-care center which
violates KRS 17.165(4) or child-care provider that violates KRS 17.165(5)
shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) or more than one
thousand dollars ($1,000).
(4) Any person who violates KRS 17.545(2) shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 3, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 94, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts
ch. 308, sec. 26, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 76,
effective July 15, 1998. -- Repealed, reenacted, and amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 345,
sec. 5, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 475, sec. 3, effective
July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1980. --
Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 5, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1970
Ky. Acts ch. 227, sec. 5. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 6, effective June 16,
1960.