LAUDERHILL - A military academy attended by a student who died during a school sponsored camping trip has been operating without the proper permits, city officials said.

Back to Basics Military Academy was sent a letter to cease and desist Tuesday, said Planning and Zoning Director, Earl Hahn. The school did not have an occupational license or a special exception use permit to operate out of a strip-mall, officials said.

"They can't operate," said Jim Notarianni, Lauderhill code enforcement supervisor. "They are done here."

The academy has 10 days to either get a license or stop operating in that location. After that, they face fines.

A telephone message left at the school Wednesday morning by The Associated Press was not immediately returned.

Alex Cullinane, 13, died Saturday while attending the school's four day Training and Leadership Corps campout at Oleta River State Park in North Miami. He got out of bed in the middle of the night to tell a drill sergeant he did not feel well, and collapsed on the way to the bathroom, according to North Miami Beach police.

An autopsy found no signs of injury on Alex's body, said North Miami Police spokesman Detective Felix Guadarrama. The medical examiner was waiting for toxicology results to determine if dehydration, disease or a congenital condition was to blame.

The boy's mother, Dena Cullinane, said the school told her that her son was eating and drinking at the start of the camp, but was seen by students throwing food away later in the week.