{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-170-e-21","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 170-E:21","heading":"Penalty.","body":"I. Any natural person shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and any other person shall be guilty of a class B felony, who conducts, operates, or acts as a child day care agency without a license or permit to do so in violation of RSA 170-E:4, I.\nII. Any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor who:\n(a) Makes materially false statements to obtain or retain a license or permit.\n(b) Fails to keep the records and make the reports required under this subdivision.\n(c) Is required to obtain a license or permit under this subdivision and who advertises or causes to be published an advertisement soliciting a child for child day care which is not authorized by any license or permit held.\n(d) Violates any other provision of this subdivision or any rule adopted under RSA 541-A by the commissioner for the enforcement of this subdivision.\n(e) Holds themselves out in any way or advertises that they are licensed if they do not hold a license issued by the department.\nII-a. Any person who operates a licensed or unlicensed child day care agency in violation of RSA 170-E:4, and, as a direct result of that persons' negligent operation, a child suffers permanent impairment to brain function, permanent paralysis, or other permanent debilitating injury, or death, shall be guilty of a class B felony.\nIII. Each day a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.","path":["Title XII: PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE","Chapter 170-E: CHILD DAY CARE, RESIDENTIAL CARE, AND CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES","Child Day Care Licensing"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XII/170-E/170-E-21.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:52:42Z","sha256":"8b600a999a408cfe4da5ce2c4887b93f13891e1d8b14ad9df4b86ce9a6db3431","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-170-e-20","next":"us-nh/rsa-170-e-21-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}