Prohibit the use of infant walkers in child care facilities

§ 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.