[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1513.1]

[Page 577-578]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1513_REQUIREMENTS FOR BUNK BEDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1513.1  Scope, application, and effective date.




Sec.  
1513.1 Scope, application, and effective date.
1513.2 Definitions.
1513.3 Requirements.
1513.4 Test methods.
1513.5 Marking and labeling.
1513.6 Instructions.

Figure 1 to Part 1513--Wedge Block for Tests in Sec.  1513.4 (a), (b), 
          and (c)
Figure 2 to Part 1513--Test Probe for Neck Entrapment
Figure 3 to Part 1513--Motion of Test Probe Arrested by Simultaneous 
          Contact With Both Sides of ``A'' Section of Probe and 
          Boundaries of Opening
Figure 4 to Part 1513--Neck Portion of ``B'' Section of Probe Enters 
          Completely Into Opening
Appendix to Part 1513--Findings Under the Federal Hazardous Substances 
          Act

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1261(f)(1)(D), 1261(s), 1262(e)(1), 1262(f)-
(i).

    Source: 64 FR 71907, Dec. 22, 1999, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Scope, basis, and purpose. This part 1513 prescribes 
requirements for bunk beds to reduce or eliminate the risk that children 
will die or be injured from being trapped between the upper

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bunk and the wall or in openings below guardrails or in other structures 
in the bed. Bunk beds meeting these requirements are exempted from 16 
CFR 1500.18(a)(18).
    (b) Application and effective date. This part applies to all bunk 
beds, except those manufactured only for institutional use, that are 
manufactured in the United States, or imported, on or after June 19, 
2000. (Facilities intended for use by children under age 6 are not 
considered to be institutions.) Bunk beds, as described in this section, 
that are not intended for use by children are subject to the 
requirements in 16 CFR part 1213, and not to 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(18). 
However, the provisions of 16 CFR 1213 are substantively identical to 
the requirements in this part 1513.