Legislation
SECTION 390-O
Prohibit the use of infant walkers in child care facilities
Social Services (SOS) CHAPTER 55, ARTICLE 6, TITLE 1
§ 390-o. Prohibit the use of infant walkers in child care facilities.
1. For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Infant walker" shall mean a mobile unit that enables a child to
move on a horizontal surface when propelled by the child sitting or
standing within the walker.
(b) "Child care facility" shall mean any child day care provider as
defined in section three hundred ninety of this title or child care
program as defined in article forty-seven of the New York city health
code as authorized by section five hundred fifty-eight of the New York
city charter.
2. (a) On or after the effective date of this section, no child care
facility shall use or have on the premises any infant walker.
(b) The office of children and family services, in consultation with
the city of New York department of health and mental hygiene, shall
notify child care facilities of the provisions of this subdivision in
plain, non-technical language. Such notice shall be given to every child
care facility upon the effective date of this section or as soon as
practicable thereafter, and such notice shall also be given to each
applicant for license or registration pursuant to section three hundred
ninety of this title and each applicant for a permit pursuant to article
forty-seven of the New York city health code.
1. For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Infant walker" shall mean a mobile unit that enables a child to
move on a horizontal surface when propelled by the child sitting or
standing within the walker.
(b) "Child care facility" shall mean any child day care provider as
defined in section three hundred ninety of this title or child care
program as defined in article forty-seven of the New York city health
code as authorized by section five hundred fifty-eight of the New York
city charter.
2. (a) On or after the effective date of this section, no child care
facility shall use or have on the premises any infant walker.
(b) The office of children and family services, in consultation with
the city of New York department of health and mental hygiene, shall
notify child care facilities of the provisions of this subdivision in
plain, non-technical language. Such notice shall be given to every child
care facility upon the effective date of this section or as soon as
practicable thereafter, and such notice shall also be given to each
applicant for license or registration pursuant to section three hundred
ninety of this title and each applicant for a permit pursuant to article
forty-seven of the New York city health code.