8-520. Violations; classification


Any agency, society, association, institution or person, whether incorporated or
unincorporated, and any individual acting for or in its name, which engages in caring for
children or children and adults or of placing children for care pursuant to this chapter,
without having first procured a license as a child welfare agency as provided in this
chapter, or which knowingly fails or refuses to report as required by the provisions of
this chapter, or which knowingly obstructs or hinders the division or its agents in
inspection or investigation of the agency, societies, associations, institutions or
persons under its control or charge, or any person knowingly violating any of the other
provisions of this chapter is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor unless another
classification is specifically prescribed in this chapter.