2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-87c. (Formerly Sec. 17-586). Family day care home: Penalty for operation without a license. Notice and hearing.
Sec. 19a-87c. (Formerly Sec. 17-586). Family day care home: Penalty for operation without a license. Notice and hearing. (a) Any person or officer of an association,
organization or corporation who shall establish, conduct, maintain or operate a family
day care home, as defined in section 19a-77, without a current and valid license shall
be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars a day for each day
that such home is operated without a license.
(c) If such person or officer so requests the commissioner shall hold a hearing on the violation asserted. The hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. If such person or officer fails to request a hearing or fails to appear at the hearing or if, after the hearing, the commissioner finds that the person or officer has committed such violation, the commissioner may, in his discretion, order that a civil penalty be imposed that is not greater than the penalty stated in the notice. The commissioner shall send a copy of any order issued pursuant to this subsection by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person or officer named in such order.
(P.A. 82-261, S. 3, 6; P.A. 86-417, S. 7, 15; P.A. 92-52, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 45, 87; P.A. 94-181, S. 2, 7; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-360, S. 14, 32.)
History: P.A. 86-417 substituted references to registration for references to licensure; Sec. 17-31r transferred to Sec. 17-586 in 1991; P.A. 92-52 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting "fined" and substituting "subject to a civil penalty" in lieu thereof and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re procedure for imposition of penalty; P.A. 93-262 replaced the word "registration" with the word "license" and replaced commissioner of human resources with commissioner of social services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-181 transferred licensure program of family day care homes from the department of social services to the department of public health and addiction services effective July 1, 1994; Sec. 17-586 transferred to Sec. 19a-87c in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-360 deleted reference to violation of specific statutes and regulations and replaced automatic hearing with a hearing if requested, effective July 13, 1995.
Sec. 19a-87b et seq. cited. 237 C. 272, 275.
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