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(b) Under circumstances which in the judgment of the local health
officer seriously threaten the health, welfare, or security of a child
or children in a group day care center or the health or welfare of
the community, the State Commissioner of Health or the local health
officer, as the case may be, may petition in equity in the circuit court
of the county in which the center is located, or in an equity court of
the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, for an injunction to forbid the
further operation of the center during the period prior to the public
hearing. If in the judgment of the Court the continued operation of
the center may seriously injure the health, welfare, or security of a
child or children in the center or the health or welfare of the com-
munity, it may enjoin the further operation of the center until the
hearing has been held and a decision is reached on the proposed revo-
cation or suspension of the license.

713.

(a) The board shall adopt and promulgate regulations for the
licensing and operation of group day care centers, to carry out the
intent and requirements of this subtitle, to assure conditions of safety
and sanitation in the centers, to make satisfactory provision for the
care, protection, and supervision of children in centers, and to pro-
mote the sound growth and development of children in centers. From
time to time the board may modify, amend, or repeal these regula-
tions, as it deems in the public interest.

714.

A licensee under this subtitle who wishes to make any substantial
alteration of or addition to its building or plant or to make any
changes in its facilities which could materially affect the conditions
under which it was licensed shall secure the prior approval of the
local health officer therefor.

715.

A person aggrieved by a refusal to issue a license under this sub-
title, by a revocation or suspension of a license, or by any other action
of a local health officer or the Commissioner of the State Department
of Health under this subtitle may appeal therefrom to the board and
thereafter may seek judicial review, all as provided in the Adminis-
trative Procedure Act in Article 41 of this Code.

716.

Any person who maintains and operates a group day care center
without a license, or who violates any provision of this subtitle or of
a regulation adopted and promulgated thereunder is guilty of a mis-
demeanor. Upon conviction thereof he shall be liable to a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars ($500.) for the first offense and not
more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.) for any subsequent offense;
and each day that a group day care center operates illegally after a
first conviction shall be considered as a separate offense.

717.

Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed or applied in any manner
to supersede or prevail over (1) the rights and powers of the State