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Child Passenger Seat Restraints: Information Requirements

27363.5.  (a) Every public or private hospital, clinic, or birthing center, shall, at the time of the discharge of a child provide and discuss information on the current law requiring child passenger restraint systems to the parents or the person to whom the child is released when at least one of the following conditions is met:

(1) The child is less than six years of age.

(2) The child weighs less than 60 pounds.

(b) A public or private hospital, clinic, or birthing center shall not be responsible for the failure of the parent or person to whom the child is released to use a child passenger restraint system.

(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2002.

Added Sec. 11, Ch. 675, Stats. 2000. Effective January  1, 2001. Operative January 1, 2002.