(a) Any entity that is a child safe zone is prohibited from employing a person who is an offender. (b) The individual who made the final hiring decision for an entity that is a child safe zone that knowingly employs an offender as prohibited in § 11-37.3-3(a) shall be subject to a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day the offender is employed. (c) Any offender who knowingly misrepresents or omits his or her sex offender registration status to obtain employment in a child safe zone shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, be subject to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
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