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Florida Statute 402.312 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 402.312 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 402.312 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
402.312 License required; injunctive relief.
(1) The operation of a child care facility without a license, a family day care home without a license or registration, or a large family child care home without a license is prohibited. If the department or the local licensing agency discovers that a child care facility is being operated without a license, a family day care home is being operated without a license or registration, or a large family child care home is being operated without a license, the department or local licensing agency is authorized to seek an injunction in the circuit court where the facility is located to enjoin continued operation of such facility, family day care home, or large family child care home. When the court is closed for the transaction of judicial business, the department or local licensing agency is authorized to seek an emergency injunction to enjoin continued operation of such unlicensed facility, unregistered or unlicensed family day care home, or unlicensed large family child care home, which injunction shall be continued, modified, or revoked on the next day of judicial business.
(2) Other grounds for seeking an injunction to close a child care facility, family day care home, or a large family child care home are that:
(a) There is any violation of the standards applied under ss. 402.301-402.319 which threatens harm to any child in the child care facility, a family day care home, or large family child care home.
(b) A licensee or registrant has repeatedly violated the standards provided for under ss. 402.301-402.319.
(c) A child care facility, family day care home, or large family child care home continues to have children in attendance after the closing date established by the department or the local licensing agency.
(3) The department or local licensing agency may impose an administrative fine on any child care facility, family day care home, or large family child care home operating without a license or registration, consistent with the provisions of s. 402.310.
History.s. 12, ch. 74-113; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 4, 6, 7, ch. 83-248; s. 11, ch. 84-551; s. 61, ch. 90-306; ss. 1, 2, ch. 93-115; s. 2, ch. 2003-131.

Cases Citing F.S. 402.312

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Von Wezyk v. Marko, 468 So. 2d 1121 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1282, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 14036

...4th DCA 1982), to support their contentions. We hold such reliance is misplaced. The proceeding that petitioners seek to prohibit is a suit in equity for injunctive relief to prohibit petitioners from operating a day care facility without a license as is required by state statute, section 402.312, Florida Statutes (1983), and in violation of a Broward County ordinance....

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