9-9.11 Window Falls Prevention Program in the Department of Health and Hospitals.
(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CHILD. A person age six years or under.
BOARD. The Board of Health and Hospitals.
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Health and Hospitals.
INSTALLATION. The proper equipping of windows with window safety guards in accordance with regulations issued by the Board of Health and Hospitals.
OWNER. A person, who alone or severally has legal titles, or has charge or control in any capacity including, but not limited to, agent, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian; or any officer or trustee of a real estate trust or association of unit owners.
TENANT. A lessee, or other regular occupant of a dwelling unit with or without a lease.
WINDOW SAFETY GUARD. A device designed to restrict passage or access through a window of a child age six or under.
(B) Established. There shall be a Window Falls Prevention Program established within the Department of Health and Hospitals. The purpose of said program shall be as follows: educating the public about the danger to children, age six years and under, of falling from windows; and encouraging the voluntary installation by owners of window safety guards on windows in dwellings occupied by children age six years and under.