2006 New York Code - Signage And Other Materials.



 
    §  21-314.1 Signage and other materials. a. The commissioner shall, in
  consultation with not-for-profit organizations dedicated to the advocacy
  of child welfare, establish, maintain, and update signage and any  other
  materials  that  are  deemed necessary related to the reporting of child
  abuse and maltreatment which shall be conspicuously placed in  all  Tier
  II  shelters and any other facilities that shelter homeless families and
  which shall include but not be limited to:
    1. A textual representation of  the  type  of  abusive  or  neglectful
  behavior  that  should  be  reported, which encourages witnesses of such
  behavior  to  report  any  suspected  incidents  of   child   abuse   or
  maltreatment;
    2.  The  name  and  contact  information  of the appropriate person or
  agency to whom suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment are to
  be reported; and
    3. An explicit indication of which  persons  are  mandated  to  report
  suspected  incidents  of child abuse or maltreatment pursuant to section
  413 of the social services law.
    b.  The  commissioner  shall,  in  consultation  with   not-for-profit
  organizations  dedicated  to  the  study or dissemination of information
  about proper infant sleep position and arrangement, establish, maintain,
  and update signage and any other materials  that  are  deemed  necessary
  related  to  proper  infant  sleep  position and arrangement which shall
  include, but not be limited to, a textual and  pictorial  representation
  of  proper  infant sleep position and arrangement. Such signage shall be
  displayed conspicuously, at a minimum, in every common area of a Tier II
  shelter and any other facility that shelters homeless families.
    c. The commissioner shall provide for the translation of  the  signage
  required in subdivisions a and b of this section and any other materials
  deemed necessary pursuant to this section into every covered language as
  defined pursuant to section 8-1004 of this code.
    d.   In  addition  to  the  signage  and  materials  provided  for  in
  subdivisions a and b of this section, the commissioner shall  establish,
  maintain,  and provide training for appropriate shelter employees in the
  instruction of parents with regard to proper  infant  sleeping  position
  and arrangement.

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