Section 4Sec./Art. 4

Mandatory Use of Child Restraint System in Motor Vehicles. It shall be unlawful for the driver of a covered vehicle not to properly secure at all times a child, in a child restraint system while the engine is running or transporting such child on any road, street or highway unless the child is at least one hundred fifty (150) centimeters or fifty-nine (59) inches in height and is properly secured using the regular seat belt. The child restraint system shall be appropriate to the childs age, height and weight, and approved in accordance with Section 6 of this Act.The requirements of this section shall not apply to circumstances where the child restraint system would put such child in a greater danger, such as:

(1) During medical emergencies;

(2) When the child transported has a medical or developmental condition; or

(3) Other analogous circumstances prescribed under the implementing rules and regulations (IRR).

Notwithstanding the child being secured in a child restraint system, at no instance shall such child be left unaccompanied by an adult in a motor vehicle.