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Rhode Island Administrative Code
Title 218 - Department of Human ServicesChapter 70 - Office of Child Care LicensingSubchapter 00 - N/A
Part 1 - Child Care Center and School Age Program Regulations for Licensure
Section 218-RICR-70-00-1.5 - Incorporated Materials

218 R.I. Code R. 218-RICR-70-00-1.5

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Section 218-RICR-70-00-1.5 - Incorporated Materials
A. These Regulations hereby adopt and incorporate the United States Environmental Protection Agency's "Safer Choice Standards" (2015) https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2013-12/documents/standard-for-safer-products.pdf by reference, not including any further editions or amendments thereof and only to the extent that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with these Regulations.
B. These Regulations hereby adopt and incorporate the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission Crib Safety Standards 16 C.F.R. Parts 1219 - 1220 (2022), Safety Standard for Full-Size Baby Cribs, by reference, not including any further editions or amendments thereof and only to the extent that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with these Regulations.
C. These Regulations hereby adopt and incorporate the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child and Adult Care Food Program nutritional standards 7 C.F.R. § 226.20 (2022), Requirements for Meals., by reference, not including any further editions or amendments thereof and only to the extent that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with these Regulations.
D. These Regulations hereby adopt and incorporate the American Academy of Pediatrics' Safe Sleep Guidelines: Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/1/e2022057990/188304/Sleep-Related-Infant-Deaths-Updated-2022 (2022) by reference, not including any further editions or amendments thereof and only to the extent that these provisions therein are not inconsistent with these Regulations.
E. These Regulations hereby adopt and incorporate the Department of Health and Human Services, Child Care and Development Fund, 45 C.F.R. § 98.41(a)(1)(vii) (2023), Health and Safety Requirements, by reference, not including any further editions or amendments thereof and only to the extent that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with these Regulations.

218 R.I. Code R. 218-RICR-70-00-1.5

Adopted effective 10/28/2019
Amended effective 4/19/2021
Amended effective 2/2/2022
Amended effective 11/2/2022
Amended effective 11/29/2023