Does Minnesota require licensed childcare providers to check for recalled equipment?

Q: Does Minnesota require licensed childcare providers to check for recalled equipment?

Yes. Annually, from the date printed on the license, all license holders shall check all their cribs’ brand names and model numbers against the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission website listing of unsafe cribs. (Minn. Stat. § 142B.45 (recodified from § 245A.146))

Recalled equipment: what Minnesota requires

The requirement

Annually, from the date printed on the license, all license holders shall check all their cribs’ brand names and model numbers against the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission website listing of unsafe cribs.

What kind of duty this is

A documented check. Your state requires you to actually review the recall list and record that you did it.

Citation	Minn. Stat. § 142B.45 (recodified from § 245A.146)
How often	annual (CPSC crib check); a separate physical safety inspection is monthly
The form	Monthly Crib Safety Inspection Form (DHS-16-178568); family-provider version DHS-7743-ENG
If you do not comply	An unsafe crib must be removed from use immediately and, within two business days, removed from the care area and repaired or destroyed. The commissioner may issue a licensing action for non-compliance.
Primary source	https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/142B.45

Worth knowing

Two important limits. The requirement covers CRIBS and play yards only — not children’s equipment generally. And the two cadences are different things: the monthly form is a physical safety inspection, while the CPSC recall check is annual. Anyone telling you Minnesota mandates a monthly recall check is misreading the form.

This page summarises publicly available licensing rules. It is not legal advice, and rules change. Always verify against your state’s current licensing authority.