{"id":3235,"date":"2026-04-24T11:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vailhealth.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=3235"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:15:40","slug":"car-seat-checks","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.vailhealth.org\/es\/community\/community-events\/car-seat-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Seat Checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Car Seat Checks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Please call (970) 477-5166 to schedule an appointment.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vail Health&#8217;s nationally certified child passenger safety technician is on staff and able to provide education on how to correctly install a child&#8217;s car seat into any vehicle and answer questions you may have.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For additional resources, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.codot.gov\/safety\/carseats\/safetytips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colorado Department of Transportation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View more of Vail Health&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vailhealth.org\/es\/classes-events\/community-events\/\">Community Events<\/a>&nbsp;y&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vailhealth.org\/es\/classes-events\/community-outreach\/\">Community Outreach<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colorado Car Seat Laws<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section \tclass=\"accordion\"\n\tstyle=\"--padding: 6rem\">\n\t<div class=\"accordion__container container aligncenter\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion__row justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__col col color-scheme-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Heading & intro content-->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Items -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__item text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__item-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__item-trigger flex-row align-items-center justify-content-space-between text-align-left\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-panel-1\" id=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-title-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>BIRTH TO 1 YEAR OLD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"plus\"><path d=\"M5 12h14\" \/><path class=\"plus_v\" d=\"M12 5v14\" \/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__item-panel\" id=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-panel-1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-title-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__item-panel-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Birth to 1 year old and less than 20 lbs: Rear-facing seat, in the back seat only (no exceptions). While this is the law in Colorado, The American Academy of Pediatrics\u00a0recommends keeping your child in a rear-facing seat as long as possible, up to the limits of their car safety seat.<\/li>\n<li>You should never place a rear-facing child seat in the front seat of a vehicle with an active airbag; this includes single-cab pickup trucks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__item text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__item-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__item-trigger flex-row align-items-center justify-content-space-between text-align-left\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-panel-2\" id=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-title-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>AGE 1-4<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"plus\"><path d=\"M5 12h14\" \/><path class=\"plus_v\" d=\"M12 5v14\" \/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__item-panel\" id=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-panel-2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-title-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__item-panel-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>1 through 4\u00a0years old and at least 20 lbs: Properly restrained in a rear-facing or forward-facing car seat.<\/li>\n<li>Your child should remain rear facing as long as possible, up to the limits of the car safety seat. Once they have been turned forward facing, children should remain in a forward-facing car safety seat up to that seat&#8217;s weight and height limits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__item text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__item-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__item-trigger flex-row align-items-center justify-content-space-between text-align-left\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-panel-3\" id=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>AGE 4-8<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"plus\"><path d=\"M5 12h14\" \/><path class=\"plus_v\" d=\"M12 5v14\" \/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__item-panel\" id=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-panel-3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__item-panel-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>4 through 8\u00a0years old: Children between the ages of 4 and 8 years old must be restrained in either a harnessed car seat or\u00a0a booster seat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__item text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__item-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__item-trigger flex-row align-items-center justify-content-space-between text-align-left\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-panel-4\" id=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-title-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>AGE 8-16<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"plus\"><path d=\"M5 12h14\" \/><path class=\"plus_v\" d=\"M12 5v14\" \/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__item-panel\" id=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-panel-4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"block_bc995faea3b0032f1e16ca90de72aaf9_accordion-title-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__item-panel-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Beginning at 8 years old: Standard vehicle safety belt or child restraint.<\/li>\n<li>While CO law allows children to use a standard seat belt at 8 years old, it is recommended that you wait until your child is at least 4 ft 9 inches before transitioning to a seat belt, so as to avoid injury in case of an accident.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .accordion__items -->\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .accordion__col.col -->\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .accordion__row.row -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- .accordion__container.container -->\n<\/section> <!-- .accordion -->\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View more of Vail Health&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vailhealth.org\/es\/classes-events\/community-events\/\">Community Events<\/a>\u00a0y\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vailhealth.org\/es\/classes-events\/community-outreach\/\">Community Outreach<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":3236,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"class_list":["post-3235","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Car Seat Checks - Vail Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Car Seat Checks - Vail Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Car Seat Checks Please call (970) 477-5166 to schedule an appointment.&nbsp; Vail Health&#8217;s nationally certified child passenger safety technician is on staff and able to provide education on how to correctly install a child&#8217;s car seat into any vehicle and answer questions you may have.&nbsp;&nbsp; For additional resources, visit&nbsp;Colorado Department of Transportation. 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