Subdivision 1. Seat belt and child passenger restraint system use. When a child is transported, a license holder must comply with all seat belt and child passenger restraint system requirements under sections 169.685 and 169.686.
Subd. 2. Child passenger restraint systems; training requirement. (a) Programs licensed by the Department of Human Services under Minnesota Rules, chapter 2960, that serve a child or children under eight years of age must document training that fulfills the requirements in this subdivision.
(b) Before a license holder, staff person, or caregiver transports a child or children under age eight in a motor vehicle, the person transporting the child must satisfactorily complete training on the proper use and installation of child restraint systems in motor vehicles. Training completed under this section may be used to meet initial or ongoing training under Minnesota Rules, part 2960.3070, subparts 1 and 2.
(c) Training required under this section must be completed at orientation or initial training and repeated at least once every five years. At a minimum, the training must address the proper use of child restraint systems based on the child's size, weight, and age, and the proper installation of a car seat or booster seat in the motor vehicle used by the license holder to transport the child or children.
(d) Training under paragraph (c) must be provided by individuals who are certified and approved by the Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety. License holders may obtain a list of certified and approved trainers through the Department of Public Safety website or by contacting the agency.
(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for an emergency relative placement under section 245A.035, the commissioner may grant a variance to the training required by this subdivision for a relative who completes a child seat safety check up. The child seat safety check up trainer must be approved by the Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety, and must provide one-on-one instruction on placing a child of a specific age in the exact child passenger restraint in the motor vehicle in which the child will be transported. Once granted a variance, and if all other licensing requirements are met, the relative applicant may receive a license and may transport a relative foster child younger than eight years of age. A child seat safety check up must be completed each time a child requires a different size car seat according to car seat and vehicle manufacturer guidelines. A relative license holder must complete training that meets the other requirements of this subdivision prior to placement of another foster child younger than eight years of age in the home or prior to the renewal of the child foster care license.
1990 c 568 art 2 s 54; 1993 c 13 art 1 s 31; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 1 s 22; 2006 c 254 s 1; 2007 c 112 s 20; 2010 c 382 s 46; 2010 c 385 s 1; 2012 c 216 art 16 s 11; 1Sp2019 c 9 art 2 s 49
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities
Chapter 245A — Human Services Licensing
Section 245A.02 — Definitions.
Section 245A.03 — Who Must Be Licensed.
Section 245A.035 — Unlicensed Emergency Relative Placement.
Section 245A.04 — Application Procedures.
Section 245A.041 — Systems And Records.
Section 245A.042 — Home And Community-based Services; Additional Standards And Procedures.
Section 245A.043 — License Application After Change Of Ownership.
Section 245A.05 — Denial Of Application.
Section 245A.055 — Closing A License.
Section 245A.06 — Correction Order And Conditional License.
Section 245A.065 — Child Care Fix-it Ticket.
Section 245A.075 — Disqualified Individual; Denial, Conditional License, Revocation.
Section 245A.081 — Settlement Agreement.
Section 245A.085 — Consolidation Of Hearings; Reconsideration.
Section 245A.095 — Rules For Programs Serving Persons With Mental Illnesses.
Section 245A.11 — Special Conditions For Residential Programs.
Section 245A.12 — Voluntary Receivership For Residential Or Nonresidential Programs.
Section 245A.13 — Involuntary Receivership For Residential Or Nonresidential Programs.
Section 245A.14 — Special Conditions For Nonresidential Programs.
Section 245A.143 — Family Adult Day Services.
Section 245A.1434 — Information For Child Care License Holders.
Section 245A.1435 — Reduction Of Risk Of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death In Licensed Programs.
Section 245A.1445 — Dangers Of Shaking Infants And Young Children.
Section 245A.145 — Child Care Program Reporting Notification.
Section 245A.146 — Crib Safety Requirements.
Section 245A.147 — Family Child Care Infant Sleep Supervision Requirements.
Section 245A.148 — Family Child Care Diapering Area Disinfection.
Section 245A.149 — Supervision Of Family Child Care License Holder's Own Child.
Section 245A.15 — Regulation Of Family Day Care By Local Government.
Section 245A.151 — Fire Marshal Inspection.
Section 245A.1511 — Contractors Serving Multiple Family Child Care License Holders.
Section 245A.152 — Child Care License Holder Insurance.
Section 245A.155 — Care Of Individuals On Medical Monitoring Equipment.
Section 245A.156 — Disclosure Of Communicable Disease.
Section 245A.16 — Standards For County Agencies And Private Agencies.
Section 245A.167 — Public Funds Program Integrity Monitoring.
Section 245A.18 — Child Passenger Restraint Systems.
Section 245A.19 — Hiv Training In Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program.
Section 245A.191 — Provider Eligibility For Payments From The Behavioral Health Fund.
Section 245A.22 — Independent Living Assistance For Youth.
Section 245A.23 — Positive Support Strategies; Child Care.
Section 245A.24 — Mandatory Reporting.
Section 245A.26 — Children's Residential Facility Crisis Stabilization Services.
Section 245A.30 — Licensing Prohibition For Certain Facilities Serving Children.
Section 245A.40 — Child Care Center Training Requirements.
Section 245A.41 — Child Care Center Health And Safety Requirements.
Section 245A.50 — Family Child Care Training Requirements.
Section 245A.51 — Family Child Care Health And Safety Requirements.
Section 245A.52 — Family Child Care Physical Space Requirements.
Section 245A.53 — Substitute Caregivers And Replacements In Family Child Care.
Section 245A.65 — Maltreatment Of Vulnerable Adults.
Section 245A.66 — Requirements; Maltreatment Of Minors.
Section 245A.70 — Remote Adult Day Services.
Section 245A.71 — Applicability And Scope.
Section 245A.72 — Record Requirements.
Section 245A.73 — Remote Adult Day Services Staff.