SubTitle21a-12a-1_21a-12a-2. Guidelines for Public Playground Equipment  


Sec. 21a-12a-1. Definitions
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For the purposes of Section 21a-12a-2 of these regulations, the term "playground equipment" shall mean equipment intended for use by children in any area of a park, school or public playground owned by a city, town, borough, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, municipal corporation, school district, regional district or other district or other political subdivision of the state of Connecticut.

(Adopted effective May 31, 1996)

Sec. 21a-12a-2. Guidelines for playground equipment
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The guidelines for playground equipment adopted by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission in its Handbook for Public Playground Safety are adopted, and herein incorporated by reference, as voluntary guidelines for playground equipment in this state. The recommended timetable to meet these voluntary guidelines is January 1, 1997. Copies of the Handbook for Public Playground Safety may be obtained by contacting the Department of Consumer Protection through the appropriate telephone number, e-mail address, mailing address or physical address listed on the department's internet website: www.ct.gov/dcp.

(Adopted effective May 31, 1996; Amended July 10, 2017)