Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS
Division 30 - Secretary of State
Chapter 200 - State Library
Section 15 CSR 30-200.015 - Library Certification Requirement for the Protection of Minors
Universal Citation: 15 MO Code of State Regs 30-200.015
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of 15 CSR 30-200.020 and 15 CSR 30-200.025 to the contrary, the state librarian shall not distribute any funds to any library defined in 15 CSR 30-200.010 that receives funds pursuant to 15 CSR 30-200.020 and 15 CSR 30-200.025 unless such library certifies in writing each of the following:
(A) The library has or
will adopt a written, publicly accessible collection development policy
addressing how selections are made in considering the appropriateness by age of
any minor, as defined in
15 CSR
30-200.030;
(B) No funds received shall be used to
purchase or acquire material that constitutes "child pornography," is
"pornographic for minors," or is "obscene," as those terms are defined in
section 573.010, RSMo;
(C) The library has or will adopt a written,
publicly accessible policy allowing a minor's parent or guardian to determine
what materials and access will be available to that minor, and no person
employed by or acting on behalf of the library shall knowingly grant access to
a minor to any material in any form not approved by that minor's parent or
guardian;
(D) No age-inappropriate
materials in any form, as defined in the library's collection development
policy, shall be knowingly displayed in the library in areas designated by the
library as containing materials predominantly for minors;
(E) No event or presentation shall be held at
the library without an age-appropriate designation affixed to any publication,
website, or advertisement for such event or presentation; and
(F) The library has or will adopt a written,
publicly accessible library materials challenge policy by which any parent or
guardian of a minor within the library district may dispute or challenge the
library's age-appropriate designation affixed to any presentation, event,
material, or display in the library, and the results of any such dispute or
challenge shall be disclosed to the public and published on the library's
website.
(2) The library shall submit a copy of its written policies to the state librarian annually by July 31, and shall submit, within thirty (30) days, any revisions to such policies to the state librarian.
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