Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By Benjamin A. Klopman, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
In Maryland and Other States, children suffer serious personal injuries every day because a day care center / child care center is not properly maintained. Buildings and the general facilities are often times become run down or are already in a poor condition. As a result thereof, child are injured. Pursuant to Title 13 A State Board of Education – Child Care Centers – Regulation 13A.16.05.01, a child care center has a duty to provide and maintain a soundly constructed building or facility that is in good repair. The child care center must be clean and free from the infestation of insects and rodents. The child care center must also be free from safety hazards.
The Alabama Safety Belt Use Act of 1991 (“ASBUA”), codified at 32-5b-1, is Alabama’s primary law that governs safety belt use. This law requires every adult front seat occupant of a passenger car to have a safety belt fastened to their body while the vehicle is in motion. “Adult” was emphasized because Alabama law imposes a different set of requirements on the parents of small children riding with them in a vehicle. This makes perfect sense. Because a child’s body is significantly smaller in size and weight, it cannot be properly restrained by the same safety belt intended for a full grown adult. To make matters worse, fastening a child in an adult restraint could cause even more severe bodily harm / personal injuries to a child in an automobile accident. For these and other reasons, Alabama’s primary safety belt law refers us to a completely different code section at 32-5-222 which specifically governs child safety restraints. You can read this code section and others at the 
In Wisconsin, day care centers / child care centers are licensed by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families. The Department also known as DCF has promulgated or put in place rules and regulations for each type of facility: 
Children in Maryland day care centers / child care centers should be protected from all hazardous items inside and outside the facility. Pursuant to 
In Wisconsin, there are hundreds of day care centers. Parents and caregivers can look up information regarding a day care center and access important rules and regulations as to day care centers by accessing the 
Day care centers / child care centers are regulated by Title 13 A – State Board of Education Subtitle 16 Child Care Centers. Child care is defined as the care of supervision of a child in Maryland during times that the parent has given or permitted the child’s care to another for a portion of a 24 hour day. The Maryland regulations stated that child care does not include group lessons or classes like piano lesson, karate lessons, etc. . . unless the lessons are provided as a pattern that indicate that the business is operating as a child care center. Scouting activities (Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and other groups) are also excluded as day care centers.
In Alabama, child day care centers have a duty to provide children with a safe physical environment as to prevent personal injuries and wrongful death of children in the day care setting. Pursuant to Minimum Standards for Day Care Centers Regulations and Procedures, State of Alabama, Department of Human Resources, facilities have duties and responsibilities as follows:
In Alabama and Other States, children suffer personal injuries and in some cases, death, as a result of an incident or accident at a child day care center. In Alabama, a child day care center has reporting and documentation obligations and responsibilities for these incidents pursuant to the 
In Georgia, day care centers / child care centers have a duty to provide a safe physical environment for the children. These regulations, if followed, help prevent serious personal injuries and death to children in Georgia day care centers. Pursuant to Chapter 290 -2-2.12 (z) Physical Environment and Equipment, a Georgia day care center shall keep the following items / areas locked and away from access from children in the day care center: