Final Rule: Oct. 23, 2013
Effective Date (For most of the rule): April 23, 2014
Effective Date for removable bassinet bed attachments: April 23, 2015
The new federal standard incorporates by reference the voluntary standard (ASTM F2194-13), Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bassinets and Cradles, with five modifications. The modifications include:
- a clarification of the scope of the bassinet/cradle standard;
- a change to the pass/fail criterion for the mattress flatness test;
- an exemption from the mattress flatness requirement for bassinets that are less than 15 inches across;
- the addition of a removable bassinet bed stability requirement; and
- a change to the stability test procedure, requiring the use of a newborn CAMI dummy rather than an infant CAMI dummy.