§ 390-o. Prohibit the use of infant walkers in child care facilities.\n1. For the purposes of this section:\n (a) "Infant walker" shall mean a mobile unit that enables a child to\nmove on a horizontal surface when propelled by the child sitting or\nstanding within the walker.\n (b) "Child care facility" shall mean any child day care provider as\ndefined in section three hundred ninety of this title or child care\nprogram as defined in article forty-seven of the New York city health\ncode as authorized by section five hundred fifty-eight of the New York\ncity charter.\n 2. (a) On or after the effective date of this section, no child care\nfacility shall use or have on the premises any infant walker.\n (b) The office of children and family services, in consultation with\nthe city of New York department of health and mental hygiene, shall\nnotify child care facilities of the provisions of this subdivision in\nplain, non-technical language. Such notice shall be given to every child\ncare facility upon the effective date of this section or as soon as\npracticable thereafter, and such notice shall also be given to each\napplicant for license or registration pursuant to section three hundred\nninety of this title and each applicant for a permit pursuant to article\nforty-seven of the New York city health code.\n
N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-o
Prohibit the use of infant walkers in child care facilities
2026-03-13
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