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(b) Any crib for which the license holder does not have the documentation required under paragraph (a) must not be used by or be accessible to children in care. (c) Effective December 28, 2012, the licensed program must maintain documentation that meets federal documentation requirements to show that every full- size and non-full-size crib that is used by or is accessible to any child in care is compliant with federal crib standards under Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, part 1219, for full-size baby cribs, or Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, part 1220, for non-full-size baby cribs. Subd. 3. License holder documentation of cribs. (a) Annually, from the date printed on the license, all license holders shall check all their cribs’ brand names and model numbers against the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission Web site listing of unsafe cribs. (b) The license holder shall maintain written documentation to be reviewed on site for each crib showing that the review required in paragraph (a) has been completed, and which of the following conditions applies: (1) the crib was not identified as unsafe on the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission Web site; (2) the crib was identified as unsafe on the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission Web site, but the license holder has taken the action directed by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission to make the crib safe; or (3) the crib was identified as unsafe on the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission Web site, and the license holder has removed the crib so that it is no longer used by or accessible to children in care. (c) Documentation of the review completed under this subdivision shall be maintained by the license holder on site and made available to parents or guardians of children in care and the commissioner. (d) Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0425, a family child care provider that complies with this section may use a mesh-sided or fabric-sided play yard, pack and play, or playpen or crib that has not been identified as unsafe on the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission Web site for the care or sleeping of infants. (e) On at least a monthly basis, the family child care license holder shall perform safety inspections of every mesh-sided or fabric-sided play yard, pack and play, or playpen used by or that is accessible to any child in care, and must document the following: (1) there are no tears, holes, or loose or unraveling threads in mesh or fabric sides of crib; (2) the weave of the mesh on the crib is no larger than one-fourth of an inch; (3) no mesh fabric is unsecure or unattached to top rail and floor plate of crib; (4) no tears or holes to top rail of crib; (5) the mattress floor board is not soft and does not exceed one inch thick;

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