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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 860<\/a> and 861<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71983,"section_number":"22.1-289.022","catch_line":"Enforcement and sanctions; child day programs and family day systems; revocation and denial","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-289.022\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":182725,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84471,"identifier":"22.1-289.027","token":"22.1\/14.1\/3\/22.1-289.027","url":"\/22.1-289.027\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-289.027\/","token":"22.1\/14.1\/3\/22.1-289.027","dublin_core":{"Title":"Offenses; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-289.027","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person, and each officer and each member of the governing board<\/span> of any association or corporation that operates a child day program<\/span> or family day system<\/span>, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span> if he:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Interferes with any representative of the Superintendent<\/span> in the discharge of his duties under this chapter; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Makes to the Superintendent<\/span> or any representative of the Superintendent<\/span> any report or statement, with respect to the operation of any child day program<\/span> or family day system<\/span>, that is known by such person to be false or untrue; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Operates or engages in the conduct of a child day program<\/span> or family day system<\/span> without first obtaining a license as required by this chapter or after such license has been revoked or suspended or has expired and not been renewed. No violation shall occur if the agency has applied to the Department<\/span> for renewal prior to the expiration date of the license. Every day’s violation of this subdivision shall constitute a separate offense<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Operates or engages in the conduct of a child day program<\/span> or family day system<\/span> serving more persons than the maximum stipulated in the license. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFENSES; PENALTY (\u00a7 22.1-289.027)\n\nAny person, and each officer and each member of the governing board of any\nassociation or corporation that operates a child day program or family day\nsystem, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if he:\n\n1. Interferes with any representative of the Superintendent in the discharge of\nhis duties under this chapter;\n\n2. Makes to the Superintendent or any representative of the Superintendent any\nreport or statement, with respect to the operation of any child day program or\nfamily day system, that is known by such person to be false or untrue;\n\n3. Operates or engages in the conduct of a child day program or family day\nsystem without first obtaining a license as required by this chapter or after\nsuch license has been revoked or suspended or has expired and not been renewed.\nNo violation shall occur if the agency has applied to the Department for renewal\nprior to the expiration date of the license. Every day’s violation of this\nsubdivision shall constitute a separate offense; or\n\n4. Operates or engages in the conduct of a child day program or family day\nsystem serving more persons than the maximum stipulated in the license.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 860, 861.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}