Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.69

  • Child: means a person who has not reached the age of eighteen years. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
  • Department: means the state Department of Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
  • Family child care provider: means an individual who provides child care services for fewer than twenty-four hours per day per child, as the sole caregiver, for six or fewer children, in a private residence. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
  • In-home provider: means an individual who provides child care services in the child or children's own home. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.

            A. Any family child care provider or in-home provider who is required to be registered under this Part and who provides child care services without a valid registration issued by the department shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Each day child care services are provided in violation of the requirements of this Part shall constitute a separate offense.

            B. The department may also file suit in the district court in the parish in which the family child care provider or in-home provider is providing care, for injunctive relief, including a temporary restraining order, to restrain the family child care provider or in-home provider from continuing the violation.

            Acts 2014, No. 868, §3, eff. Feb. 1, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 354, §2, eff. July 1, 2015.