237A.19 Penalty.
1. A person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a center without a license commits a serious misdemeanor. Each day of continuing violation after conviction, or notice from the department by certified mail of the violation, shall be considered a separate offense.
2. If registration is required under section 237A.3A, a person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a child development home without registering or a person who operates a child development home contrary to section 237A.5, commits a simple misdemeanor. Each day of continuing violation after conviction, or notice from the department by certified mail of the violation, is a separate offense. A single charge alleging continuing violation may be made in lieu of filing charges for each day of violation.
3. A person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a child care home in violation of section 237A.3, subsection 2, or a person or program that has been prohibited by the department from involvement with child care but continues that involvement commits a simple misdemeanor. Each day of continuing violation after conviction, or notice from the department by certified mail of the violation, is a separate offense. A single charge alleging continuing violation may be made in lieu of filing charges for each day of violation.
[C77, 79, 81, §237A.19; 82 Acts, ch 1213, §5]
85 Acts, ch 184, §2; 99 Acts, ch 192, §17; 2002 Acts, ch 1142, §19, 31; 2003 Acts, ch 81, §9
Referred to in §237A.3, 237A.5
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 237A - CHILD CARE FACILITIES
Section 237A.2 - Licensing of child care centers.
Section 237A.3 - Child care homes.
Section 237A.3A - Child development homes.
Section 237A.3B - Smoking prohibited.
Section 237A.4 - Inspection and evaluation.
Section 237A.4A - Child care regulatory fee — child care facility fund.
Section 237A.6 - Consultative services.
Section 237A.7 - Confidential information.
Section 237A.8 - Violations — actions against license or registration.
Section 237A.13 - State child care assistance.
Section 237A.14 - Child care assistance — graduated eligibility phase-out.
Section 237A.21 - State child care advisory council.
Section 237A.22 - Duties of state child care advisory council and department.
Section 237A.23 - Child care training and development system.
Section 237A.25 - Consumer information.
Section 237A.26 - Statewide resource and referral services.
Section 237A.27 - Crisis child care.
Section 237A.28 - Child care credit fund.
Section 237A.29 - Public funding of child care — sanctions.
Section 237A.30 - Voluntary child care quality rating system.