CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR OPERATING DAY-CARE CENTER WITHOUT QUALIFIED DIRECTOR.
Tex. HUM. RES Code § 42.0761.
in effect(a) An owner or operator of a day-care center commits an offense if the owner or operator knowingly operates the day-care center:
(1) without a director who meets the qualifications of a director prescribed by department rules or an interim director under Section 42.04201 ; or
(2) without the routine presence during the day-care center's hours of operation of a director or an interim director described by Subdivision (1).
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1406 (S.B. 758 ), Sec. 41, eff. September 1, 2007.