225 ILCS 10/5.2: Unsafe children's products; Department of Children and Family Services.

(a) An early care and education provider may not use or have on its premises, on or after July 1, 2000, an unsafe children's product as described in Section 15 of the Children's Product Safety Act. This subsection (a) does not apply to an antique or collectible children's product if it is not used by, or accessible to, any child on the early care and education provider's premises.

(b) The Department of Children and Family Services shall notify early care and education providers (other than an early care and education center, early care and education home, or group early care and education home), on an ongoing basis, including during the license application provider examination and during annual license monitoring visits, of the provisions of this Section and the Children's Product Safety Act and of the comprehensive list of unsafe children's products as provided and maintained by the Department of Public Health available on the Internet, as determined in accordance with that Act, in plain, non-technical language that will enable each early care and education provider to effectively inspect children's products and identify unsafe children's products. Subject to availability of appropriations, the Department of Children and Family Services, in accordance with the requirements of this Section, shall establish and maintain a database on the safety of consumer products and other products or substances regulated by the Department that is: (i) publicly available; (ii) searchable; and (iii) accessible through the Internet website of the Department. Early care and education providers must maintain all written information provided pursuant to this subsection in a file accessible to both provider staff and parents of children attending the provider. Early care and education providers must post in prominent locations regularly visited by parents written notification of the existence of the comprehensive list of unsafe children's products available on the Internet. The Department of Children and Family Services shall adopt rules to carry out this Section.