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225 ILCS 10/18

(225 ILCS 10/18) (from Ch. 23, par. 2228)

Sec. 18.

Any person, group of persons, association or corporation who

(1) conducts, operates or acts as a child care facility without a
license or permit to do so in violation of Section 3 of this Act;

(2) makes materially false statements in order to obtain a license or
permit;

(3) fails to keep the records and make the reports provided under this
Act;

(4) advertises any service not authorized by license or permit held;

(5) publishes any advertisement in violation of this Act;

(6) receives within this State any child in violation of Section 16 of
this Act; or

(7) violates any other provision of this Act or any reasonable rule or
regulation adopted and published by the Department for the enforcement of
the provisions of this Act, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and in case
of an association or corporation, imprisonment may be imposed upon its
officers who knowingly participated in the violation.

Any child care facility that continues to operate after its license is
revoked under Section 8 of this Act or after its license expires and the
Department refused to renew the license as provided in Section 8 of this
Act is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined an amount in excess
of $500 but not exceeding $10,000, and each day of violation is a separate offense.

In a prosecution under this Act, a defendant who relies upon the
relationship of any child to the defendant has the burden of proof as to that
relationship.

(Source: P.A. 103-22, eff. 8-8-23.)