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SECTION 870-O
Amusement device and attraction awareness
Labor (LAB) CHAPTER 31, ARTICLE 27
§ 870-o. Amusement device and attraction awareness. The department
shall develop, establish and implement, in cooperation with the
carnival, fair and amusement park safety advisory board established in
section eight hundred seventy-n of this article, a program to educate
and provide awareness to the public on the risks of amusement devices
and attractions to both adults and children, and how adults can take
steps to assure their own safety and the safety of children in their
care. The program established pursuant to this section shall provide and
disseminate guidelines for safety while riding or using amusement
devices or attractions by adults, adolescents and children. Such program
shall utilize written information provided to the public and the posting
of conspicuous signs at carnivals, fairs and amusement parks, as
required by law or regulation.