State Officials Back Off Regulating Freeze Tag, Kids' Games
NYS officials nix plans to regulate "dangerous" kids' gamesTuesday, Apr 19, 2011 | Updated 5:12 PM EDT
297 Carole Holschuh
Towns, villages and other camp operators had begun revamping upcoming indoor summer programs after the Department of Health sent out a long list of familiar games and activities it said presented a "significant risk of injury" and needed to be regulated more closely.
But after a state senator's call for a delay in the regulation generated a buzz of news reports, the department reversed course Tuesday, saying the rules proposed under the previous administration were too specific.
"The practical effect is that we are not going to get that detailed and into micromanagement," department spokeswoman Claudia Hutton said of the decision.
She said the department will continue gathering information during a comment period that ends May 16 and will formulate new safety regulations that are broader and deal more with potentially dangerous conditions than specific games.
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