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Health & Saf. Code, § 24501 · Article 1. Infant Crib Safety Act

Health & Saf. Code, § 24501

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Infant” means any person less than 35 inches tall and less than three years of age.

(b) “Crib” means a bed or containment designed to accommodate an infant.

(c) “Full-size crib” means a full-size crib as defined in Section 1508.3 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations regarding the requirements for full-size cribs.

(d) “Non-full-size crib” means a non-full-size crib as defined in Section 1509.2(b) of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations regarding the requirements for non-full-size cribs.

(e) “Person” means any natural person, firm, corporation, association, or agent or employee thereof.

(f) “Commercial user” means any person who deals in full-size or non-full-size cribs of the kind governed by this chapter who otherwise by one’s occupation holds oneself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to the full-size or non-full-size cribs governed by this chapter, or any person who is in the business of remanufacturing, retrofitting, selling, leasing, subletting, or otherwise placing in the stream of commerce full-size or non-full-size cribs.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1176, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.

Source of truth

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Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=24501.
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