Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Infant Crib Safety Act.

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 …

(a) No commercial user shall remanufacture, retrofit, sell, contract to sell or resell, lease, sublet, or otherwise place in the stream of commerce, on or after January 1, 1995, a full-size or non-full-size crib that is unsafe for any infant using the crib. (b) A crib is presumed…

On or after January 1, 1996, any commercial user who willfully and knowingly violates Section 24502 is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000). Hotels, motels, or similar transient lodging shall not be subject to this section unti…

Any person may maintain an action against any commercial user who violates Section 24502 to enjoin the remanufacture, retrofit, sale, contract to sell, contract to resell, lease, or subletting of a full-size or non-full-size crib that is unsafe for any infant using the crib, and …

Remedies available under this article shall be in addition to any other remedies or procedures under any other provision of law that may be available to an aggrieved party.

If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application,…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Shaken baby syndrome is a medically serious, sometimes fatal, matter affecting newborns and very young children. Shaking an infant or child in anger is particularly dangerous. (b) Vigorous shaking of an infant or child …

The purpose of this article is to prevent the occurrence of injuries and deaths to infants and children as a result of shaken baby syndrome by creating a statewide public awareness education campaign. The campaign shall include the distribution of readily understandable informati…

(a) Information and instructional materials as described in Section 24521 shall be provided free of charge by each health facility to parents or guardians of each newborn, upon discharge from the health facility. In the event of home birth attended by a licensed midwife, the midw…