LAC 28:CLXI.305. Operating Without a License; Registry; Penalties

A. Operating an early learning center without a valid license may result in fines up to $1,000 per day for each day of such offense. B. If an early learning center is operating without a valid license, the department shall file suit for injunctive relief in the district court in the parish in which the center is located to enjoin the owner or operator from continuing the violation. C. Upon receipt of a court order enjoining an individual or entity from operating an early learning center without a valid, current early learning center license, the department shall notify local law enforcement, the local superintendent, and the early childhood community network lead agency, if different, in the parish in which the unlicensed care was provided, and in the parish in which the individual resides, if known and different from the parish in which the unlicensed care was provided, of the existence of such a court order. D. The department shall publish on its website in a statewide registry the names of individuals or entities that have an existing court order prohibiting them from operating an early learning center without a current, valid early learning center license and that do not currently operate a center with a current valid license. The registry shall at a minimum include the name of the individual, the name of the center under which the unlicensed care was provided, and the parish in which the unlicensed care was provided.