N.J.S.A. 30:5B-15.1 — Children's products deemed unsafe prohibited in certain child care centers; duties of Department of Children and Families.

30:5B-15.1 Children's products deemed unsafe prohibited in certain child care centers; duties of Department of Children and Families. 5. a. A child care center licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.) may not use or have on its premises a children's product deemed unsafe in accordance with section 2 of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.2). This subsection 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 center. b. The Department of Children and Families shall make the list created by the Division of Consumer Affairs regarding unsafe children's products pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.3), available to child care centers by posting the list on the department's website or providing electronic access to the list through its website to the list's posting on the Internet by the Division of Consumer Affairs, so that child care centers may more effectively inspect children's products and identify unsafe children's products. c. (1) The department shall prepare a certification form and require each center to complete the certification form during the process of licensing, renewal, or periodic updating. (2) The department shall retain the certification form completed by each center in each respective center's licensing file. d. Each child care center shall: (1) as part of the licensing, licensing renewal, or periodic inspection process conducted by the department, certify in writing that it has reviewed the list created by the Division of Consumer Affairs regarding unsafe children's products pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.3), and that there are no unsafe products in the center; and (2) review the list periodically and make the list accessible to the center staff members and to parents of the children who attend the center. e. The department may revoke or refuse to renew the license of any child care center, or refuse to issue a license to a center, should the center not comply with any section of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.1 et al.). L.2007,c.124,s.5.

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