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§49-2B-5 Penalties; injunctions.

§49-2B-5. Penalties; injunctions.
(a) Any individual or corporation which operates a child welfare agency, residential facility or child care center without a license when a license is required is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in jail not exceeding one year, or a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or both fined and imprisoned.

(b) Any family child care facility which operates without a license when a license is required is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

(c) Where a violation of this article or a rule promulgated by the secretary may result in serious harm to children under care, the secretary may seek injunctive relief against any person, corporation, child welfare agency, child placing agency, child care center, family child care facility, family child care home or governmental official through proceedings instituted by the attorney general, or the appropriate county prosecuting attorney, in the circuit court of Kanawha County or in the circuit court of any county where the children are residing or may be found.

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