Section 29-376. REQUIREMENTS FOR INFANT SLEEP AND PLAY POSITIONS (PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SIDS)

 

376.1Each Facility that provides care for one or more infants shall comply with the following requirements with regard to infant sleep and play positions:

 

(a)Unless otherwise ordered by a physician or other qualified health care practitioner, each infant shall be placed on his or her back for sleeping;

 

(b)Each infant shall be placed on his or her stomach for some part of the time during which he or she is awake and observed;

 

(c)No positioning device shall be used to restrict the movement of an infant unless such device is ordered by a physician or other qualified health care practitioner;

 

(d)No soft materials or objects, such as pillows, quilts, comforters, sheepskins, and stuffed toys, shall be permitted in an infant's sleep environment;

 

(e)If bumper pads are used in an infant's crib, they shall be thin, firm, well- secured and not pillow-like, and they shall not be placed under a sleeping infant; and

 

(f)No infant shall be put to sleep on a sofa, soft mattress, waterbed, chair, cushion or other soft surface.

 

376.2Each Facility shall comply with the latest recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics with regard to reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome to the extent, if any, that such recommendations, made after the effective date of these rules, differ in significant part from the requirements contained in subsection 376.1.

 

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Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 003793 (April 27, 2007).