BLESS THE SEATS AND THE CHILDREN: THE PHYSICIAN AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

Since the nation's first child-restraint legislation, the Tennessee Child Protection Act, was implemented in January 1978, 49 states have enacted similar laws. In each state, pediatricians and other physicians have played a key role in lobbying for this effort. This heartening experience should stimulate physicians of all specialties to consider extending these laws to protect older children and adults from the carnage witnessed daily on our streets and highways. The remarkable dividends resulting from the Tennessee law, as reported in this issue (p 2571) by Decker et al, document the merit of physician participation in safety legislation. Thus, we will review the Tennessee experience as a guide for future, inevitable legislative struggles.

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• Publication Date: 1984-11-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
  • Volume: 252
  • Issue Number: 18
  • Publisher: American Medical Association
  • ISSN: 0098-7484
  • Serial URL: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Child restraint systems; Legislation; Physicians; State government
• Geographic Terms: Tennessee
• Old TRIS Terms: Compulsory
• Subject Areas: Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451744
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 033
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 31 1985 12:00AM