Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators 16 CFR Part 1211

Recordkeeping requirements of the Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators need to be reinstated to preven prevent injuries and deaths associated with garage door operator entrapment. According to the requirement (16 CR, 1211.31), written certification records must be maintained for a period of at least three years from the date of certification of each residential garage door operator subject to the standard. These certificates are based on a test or on a "reasonable" test program and must be made available upon request to CPSC in accordance with section 16(b) of the CPSA.

The latest form for Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators 16 CFR Part 1211 expires 2022-08-31 and can be found here.