(a) Operators shall comply with the sections of the Handbook for Public Playground Safety (CPSC Handbook), Publication Number 325, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission November 1997, Date Code: 009711, (available from the Office of Information and Public Affairs, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207), and the sections of the Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use (ASTM Standard), Designation: F 1487 - 98, American Society for Testing and Materials, 1998 (available from the American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Dr., West Conshohocken, PA 19428), that relate to the design, installation, inspection, and maintenance of a playground and playground equipment, which are identified in this chapter and are hereby incorporated by reference.
(b) Wherever the sections of the CPSC Handbook identified in this chapter make recommendations, they shall be understood as mandatory requirements for purposes of this chapter; for instance, wherever those sections use the term "should," it shall be understood as the term "shall"; wherever those sections use the term "recommend," it shall be understood as the term "require"; wherever those sections use the term "recommendation," it shall be understood as the term "requirement"; wherever those sections use the phrase "it is recommended," it shall be understood as the phrase "it is required"; wherever those sections use the phrase "it is not recommended," it shall be understood as the phrase "it is prohibited."
Authority cited:
Health and Safety Code 100275
Health and Safety Code 115725
Reference:
Health and Safety Code 115725
Health and Safety Code 115735
(Added by Register 99, No. 52)