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Public Act 103-0044 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by | ||||
changing Section 5.2 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 10/5.2)
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Sec. 5.2. Unsafe children's products.
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(a) A child care facility may not use or have on the | ||||
premises, on or after
July 1, 2000, an unsafe children's | ||||
product as described in Section 15 of the
Children's Product | ||||
Safety Act. This subsection (a) does not apply to an
antique or | ||||
collectible children's product if it is not used by, or | ||||
accessible
to, any child in the child care facility.
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(b) The Department of Children and Family Services shall | ||||
notify child
care facilities, on an ongoing basis, including | ||||
during the license application facility examination and during | ||||
annual license monitoring visits, of the provisions of this | ||||
Section and the
Children's Product Safety Act and of the | ||||
comprehensive list of unsafe children's products as provided | ||||
and maintained by the Department of Public Health available on | ||||
the Internet, as determined
in accordance with that Act, in | ||||
plain, non-technical language that will enable
each child care | ||||
facility to effectively inspect children's products and
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identify unsafe children's products. Subject to availability | ||
of appropriations, the Department of Children and Family | ||
Services, in accordance with the requirements of this Section, | ||
shall establish and maintain a database on the safety of | ||
consumer products and other products or substances regulated | ||
by the Department that is: (i) publicly available; (ii) | ||
searchable; and (iii) accessible through the Internet website | ||
of the Department. The Department of Children and Family | ||
Services shall adopt rules to maintain data on child care | ||
facilities without Internet access and shall ensure the child | ||
care facilities without Internet access register for available | ||
mailing lists of pertinent recalls distributed in paper form. | ||
Child care facilities must maintain all written information | ||
provided pursuant to this subsection in a file accessible to | ||
both facility staff and parents of children attending the | ||
facility. Child care facilities must post in prominent | ||
locations regularly visited by parents written notification of | ||
the existence of the comprehensive list of unsafe children's | ||
products available on the Internet. The Department of Children | ||
and Family
Services shall adopt rules to carry out this | ||
Section.
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(Source: P.A. 98-82, eff. 7-15-13.)
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Section 10. The Children's Product Safety Act is amended | ||
by changing Section 10 as follows:
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(430 ILCS 125/10)
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Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
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(a) "Children's product" means a product, including but | ||
not limited to a
full-size crib, non-full-size crib, toddler | ||
bed, bed, car seat, chair, high
chair, booster chair, hook-on | ||
chair, bath seat, gate or
other enclosure for confining a | ||
child, play yard, stationary activity center,
carrier, | ||
stroller, walker, swing, or toy or play equipment,
that meets | ||
the following criteria:
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(i) the product is designed or intended for the care | ||
of, or use by,
any child under age 12 9 ; and
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(ii) the product is designed or intended to come into | ||
contact with the
child while the product is used.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a | ||
product is not a
"children's product" for purposes of this Act | ||
if:
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(I) it may be used by or for the care of a child under | ||
age 9,
but it is designed or intended for use by the | ||
general population or segments of
the general population | ||
and not solely or primarily for use by or the care of a
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child; or
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(II) it is a medication, drug, or food or is intended | ||
to be ingested.
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(b) "Commercial dealer" means any person who deals in | ||
children's products or
who otherwise by one's occupation holds | ||
oneself out as having
knowledge or skill peculiar to |
children's products, or any person who is in the
business of | ||
remanufacturing, retrofitting, selling, leasing,
subletting, | ||
or otherwise placing in the stream of commerce
children's | ||
products. | ||
(b-5) "Manufacturer" means any person who makes and places | ||
into the stream of commerce a children's product as defined by | ||
this Act. | ||
(b-10) "Importer" means any person who brings into this | ||
country and places into the stream of commerce a children's | ||
product. | ||
(b-15) "Distributor" and "wholesaler" means any person, | ||
other than a manufacturer or retailer, who sells or resells or | ||
otherwise places into the stream of commerce a children's | ||
product. | ||
(b-20) "Retailer" means any person other than a | ||
manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler who sells, leases, or | ||
sublets children's products. | ||
(b-25) "First seller" means any retailer selling a | ||
children's product that has not been used or has not | ||
previously been owned. A first seller does not include an | ||
entity such as a second-hand or resale store.
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(c) "Person" means a natural person, firm, corporation, | ||
limited liability
company, or association, or an employee or | ||
agent of a natural person or an
entity included in this | ||
definition.
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(d) "Infant" means any person less than 35 inches tall and
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less than 3 years of age.
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(e) "Crib" means a bed or containment designed to | ||
accommodate
an infant.
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(f) "Full-size crib" means a full-size crib as defined in
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Section 1508.3 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations
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regarding the requirements for full-size cribs.
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(g) "Non-full-size crib" means a non-full-size crib as
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defined in Section 1509.2 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal
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Regulations regarding the requirements for non-full-size | ||
cribs.
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(h) "End consumer" means a person who purchases a | ||
children's product for any purpose other than resale.
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(Source: P.A. 94-11, eff. 6-8-05.)
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