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2012 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 8 Children
8-520 Violations; classification

Universal Citation:
AZ Rev Stat § 8-520 (through 2nd Reg Sess. 50th Leg. 2012)
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8-520. Violations; classification

Any agency, society, association, institution or person, whether incorporated or unincorporated, and any individual acting for or in its name, which engages in caring for children or children and adults or of placing children for care pursuant to this chapter, without having first procured a license as a child welfare agency as provided in this chapter, or which knowingly fails or refuses to report as required by the provisions of this chapter, or which knowingly obstructs or hinders the division or its agents in inspection or investigation of the agency, societies, associations, institutions or persons under its control or charge, or any person knowingly violating any of the other provisions of this chapter is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor unless another classification is specifically prescribed in this chapter.

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