A. Any person who manages, directs and controls the operation of a nursing care institution or an assisted living facility without a current and valid license or certificate as required by this article or who otherwise violates any provisions of this article is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.

Attorney's Note

Under the Arizona Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 2 misdemeanorup to 4 monthsup to $750
For details, see § 13-707

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-446.09

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Assisted living facility: means a residential care institution, including an adult foster care home, that provides or contracts to provide supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services on a continuous basis. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Board: means the board of examiners of nursing care institution administrators and assisted living facility managers. See Arizona Laws 36-446
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Nursing care institution: means a health care institution that provides inpatient beds or resident beds and nursing services to persons who need continuous nursing services but who do not require hospital care or direct daily care from a physician. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. Action taken under subsection A shall not be a bar to enforcement of this article and the standards and rules issued and adopted pursuant to this article, by injunction or other appropriate remedy, and the board may institute and maintain in the name of this state any such enforcement proceeding.

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