1. (a) An owner or operator of a day-care center commits an offense if the owner or operator knowingly operates the day-care center:

   1. (1) without a director who meets the qualifications of a director prescribed by department rules or an interim director under Section 42.04201; or
   2. (2) without the routine presence during the day-care center's hours of operation of a director or an interim director described by Subdivision (1).
2. (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1406 (S.B. 758), Sec. 41, eff. September 1, 2007.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1097 (S.B. 1327), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.