Mercy Rockford Health System issued the following announcement on Aug. 23.
Join us for a car seat check event in Rockford and to make sure your child’s car seat is safe, secure and properly installed. The event will be held 10 am-2 pm, Saturday, September 21, at Mercyhealth Alpine, 7702 N. Alpine Rd., Loves Park.
Participants can have their child’s car seat inspected by certified Child Passenger Safety technicians as part of National Child Passenger Safety Week, September 15-21, 2019.
This is also a time to raise awareness of the recent changes to the Illinois Child Passenger Protection Act. As of January 1, 2019, Illinois law started requiring the following:
Children under the age of two (2) must ride rear-facing.
Children under the age of eight (8) must be secured in an appropriate child-restraint system (car seat/booster seat). An appropriate system:
Fits the child;
Fits the vehicle;
Is used according to the manufacturer’s guidelines.
The child restraint must be provided by the parent or legal guardian.
Every person transporting a child under age eight (8) is responsible for properly securing the child in the vehicle.
No reservation is required. This event at Mercyhealth Alpine is one of over 90 in Illinois sponsored by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Mercy Rockford Health System
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