CAREGIVER SURRENDERS HER LICENSE; CHARGES FILED IN BOY'S INJURY.Byline: Don Holland Daily News Staff Writer A Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. day care operator charged with violently shaking a 1-year-old boy has agreed to permanently surrender her operating license, officials said Friday. Margaret M. Major, who has pleaded not guilty to separate criminal charges, agreed to surrender her license in a settlement reached before the state was scheduled to begin revocation The recall of some power or authority that has been granted. Revocation by the act of a party is intentional and voluntary, such as when a person cancels a Power of Attorney that he has given or a will that he has written. proceedings against her, said Steve Semper, an attorney for the state Department of Social Services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales . She also agreed to never again work at a child care center. ``She gave up her license and agreed not to reapply Re`ap`ply´ v. t. & i. 1. To apply again. reapply vi → volver a presentarse, hacer or presentar una nueva solicitud for a new license for the remainder of her life,'' Semper said. The state suspended Major's license to operate Major Family Day Care Home on Finchley Court after the alleged Sept. 24, 1997, incident in which Jack Read Jr. suffered major head trauma and a stroke. Doctors who treated the boy told police the child had been shaken, and likened the injuries to being dropped from a second-story window. Major's attorney, Stuart Curran, was not available for comment Friday. Had Major fought and lost the revocation proceedings, she could have applied for a new child care license in two years. But under the settlement, which included no concessions for Major, she is forever banned from the child care profession in California, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Semper. The agreement with the Social Services Department cannot be used in Major's pending criminal case on charges of corporal CORPORAL. An epithet for anything belonging to the body, as, corporal punishment, for punishment inflicted on the person of the criminal; corporal oath, which is an oath by the party who takes it being obliged to lay his hand on the Bible. CORPORAL, in the army. injury to a child and a special allegation of inflicting great bodily injury. Together, the charges carry a maximum of 11 years in prison. She has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 6. Major, who operated a day care center for 18 years, told police at the time that the boy would scream every time she wiped his runny nose runny nose Vox populi → medtalk Rhinorrhea and changed his diaper. While changing diapers, the baby let out a scream and then went limp, she said. The child spent five weeks in the hospital before being released to undergo outpatient therapy. |
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