California Health and Safety Code

§ 1569.40

HSC § 1569.40Div. 2 · Ch. 3.2 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)Any person who violates this chapter, or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.

(b)Operation of a residential care facility for the elderly without a license shall be subject to a summons to appear in court. Unlicensed operation, establishment, management, conducting, or maintaining of a facility as prohibited by Section 1569.10 is a separate and distinct offense of this section and is punishable as a misdemeanor.

(c)A misdemeanor may be prosecuted regardless of any concurrent enforcement of civil penalties or administrative remedies available to the department.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1115, Sec. 14.