{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-170-e-45","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 170-E:45","heading":"Penalty.","body":"I. Any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor who:\n(a) Conducts, operates or acts as a child care facility or child-placing agency without a license or permit to do so in violation of RSA 170-E:27, I;\n(b) Makes materially false statements in order to obtain or retain a license or permit;\n(c) Fails to keep the records and make the reports required under this subdivision;\n(d) Is required to obtain a license or permit under this subdivision and who advertises or causes to be published an advertisement for a service which is not authorized by any license or permit held;\n(e) 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(f) Fails to comply with the requirements for notifying parents, legal guardians, or the department under RSA 170-E:27-a, I.\nII. Foster family homes and kinship care homes which have not been licensed but which have been asked to receive children by the department or another child-placing agency on an emergency basis shall not be subject to the penalty provided in subparagraph I(a). The exemption provided in this paragraph is valid for a period of 180 days from the date of placement of the child in the home.\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","Residential Care and Child-Placing Agency Licensing"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XII/170-E/170-E-45.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:52:42Z","sha256":"cf754f20ff59bc35dfb1bcc9c7a41c36a0c0e9924a1aa90e08e0bdfab2a5e2f5","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-170-e-44","next":"us-nh/rsa-170-e-45-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}