NY backs off rules on kickball, tag at day camps

[The Northerner]

ALBANY, N.Y. – New York state health officials have yanked a set of proposed guidelines for what were initially deemed risky day camp games like tag, Red Rover and kickball.

Health department spokeswoman Claudia Hutton says the rules and lists of games and activities were sent out to municipalities and other camp operators under the previous administration.

She says that after a review spurred by a lawmaker's questions on Friday and subsequent news reports, they've been judged too detailed and amount to micromanagement.

Hutton said on Tuesday that the department will continue gathering information during a comment period that ends on May 16 and will formulate new safety regulations that are broader.

The regulations are required under a 2009 rule meant to close a loophole in the law that allowed indoor day camps to operate without the same state oversight applied to outdoor day camps.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110419/ap_on_re_us/us_day_camps_risky_games_1


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[Odin2005]

1. Good!

[virgogal]

2. Tag,Red Rover,and kickball were even being considered for

banning?

Funny stuff.