N.Y. Social Services Law 390-L – Securing of furniture
§ 390-l. Securing of furniture. 1. This section shall apply to any child day care center as defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section three hundred ninety of this title, or any authorized agency as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision ten of section three hundred seventy-one of this title, including any agency boarding home or group home.
Terms Used In N.Y. Social Services Law 390-L
- Authorized agency: means
(a) Any agency, association, corporation, institution, society or other organization which is incorporated or organized under the laws of this state with corporate power or empowered by law to care for, to place out or to board out children, which actually has its place of business or plant in this state and which is approved, visited, inspected and supervised by the office of children and family services or which shall submit and consent to the approval, visitation, inspection and supervision of such office as to any and all acts in relation to the welfare of children performed or to be performed under this title; provided, however, that on and after June first, two thousand seven, such term shall not include any for-profit corporation or other for-profit entity or organization for the purposes of the operation, management, supervision or ownership of agency boarding homes, group homes, homes including family boarding homes of family free homes, or institutions which are located within this state;
(b) Any court or any social services official of this state authorized by law to place out or to board out children or any Indian tribe that has entered into an agreement with the department pursuant to section thirty-nine of this chapter;
(c) Any agency, association, corporation, institution, society or other organization which is not incorporated or organized under the laws of this state, placing out a child for adoption whose admission to the United States as an eligible orphan with non-quota immigrant status pursuant to the federal immigration and nationality act is sought for the purpose of adoption in the State of New York or who has been brought into the United States with such status and for such purpose, provided, however, that such agency, association, corporation, institution, society or other organization is licensed or otherwise authorized by another state to place out children for adoption, that such agency, association, corporation, institution, society or other organization is approved by the department to place out such children with non-quota immigrant status for adoption in the State of New York, and provided further, that such agency, association, corporation, institution, society or other organization complies with the regulations of the department pertaining to such placements. See N.Y. Social Services Law 371 - Child: means a person actually or apparently under the age of eighteen years;
2. See N.Y. Social Services Law 371 - Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Group home: shall mean a facility for the care and maintenance of not less than seven, nor more than twelve children, who are at least five years of age, operated by an authorized agency except that such minimum age shall not be applicable to siblings placed in the same facility nor to children whose mother is placed in the same facility. See N.Y. Social Services Law 371
- Home: includes a family boarding home or a family free home. See N.Y. Social Services Law 371
2. Any facility to which this section applies shall take measures to securely anchor to the floors or walls of such facility all items of large furniture and all electronic appliances capable of being tipped over due to design, height, weight, stability or other features, using angle-braces, anchors or other anchoring devices. Any item of furniture or electronic device which cannot be so anchored shall be removed from the facility.
3. If a violation of the provisions of this section is discovered by the office of children and family services or any local social services district authorized to inspect the facility at which the violation occurs, the agency discovering the violation shall provide written notice of the violation to the operator of the facility and to the office of children and family services if such office is not the inspecting agency within ten calendar days of the discovery of the violation. The operator of the facility shall correct the violation immediately, upon notice. If the violation is not corrected, the office of children and family services may take enforcement action in accordance with the applicable sections of state law.