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2025 California Code
Health and Safety Code - HSC
DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 3 - California Community Care Facilities Act
ARTICLE 4 - Offenses
Section 1540.
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CA Health & Safety Code § 1540 (2025)
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1540. (a) Any person who violates this chapter, or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 180 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(b) Operation of a community care facility without a license shall be subject to a summons to appear in court.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1415, Sec. 2.)
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