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a) Any person who violates this chapter, or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment. (

b) Operation of a residential care facility for the elderly without a license shall be subject to a summons to appear in court. Unlicensed operation, establishment, management, conducting, or maintaining of a facility as prohibited by

Section 1569.10 is a separate and distinct offense of this

section and is punishable as a misdemeanor. (

c) A misdemeanor may be prosecuted regardless of any concurrent enforcement of civil penalties or administrative remedies available to the department. (

d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation who owns, operates, establishes, manages, conducts, or maintains a residential care facility for the elderly, as defined in subdivisions (

k) and (

l) of

Section 1569.2 which is an unlicensed residential care facility for the elderly as defined in subdivision (

a) of

Section 1569.44 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.