131D-10.7. Penalties.
Any person who establishes or provides foster care for children or who receives and places children in residential child-care facilities, family foster homes or adoptive homes without a license shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall only be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each subsequent offense. Each day of a continuing violation after conviction shall be considered a separate offense. (1983, c. 637, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 955; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 131D - Inspection and Licensing of Facilities
Article 1A - Control over Child Placing and Child Care.
§ 131D-10.1 - Foster Care Children's Bill of Rights; purpose.
§ 131D-10.2A - Reasonable and prudent parent standard.
§ 131D-10.2B - Foster care until 21 years of age.
§ 131D-10.3 - Licensure required.
§ 131D-10.3A - Mandatory criminal checks.
§ 131D-10.5 - Powers and duties of the Commission.
§ 131D-10.5A - Collection of data on use of restraints in residential child-care facilities.
§ 131D-10.6 - Powers and duties of the Department.
§ 131D-10.6A - Training by the Division of Social Services required.
§ 131D-10.6B - Report of death.
§ 131D-10.6C - Maintaining a register of licensed foster homes by the Division of Social Services.
§ 131D-10.9 - Administrative and judicial review.