Requires certain employees of certain child day cares to be trained and certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid; such training and certification must be maintained as current according to the standards established by the American National Red Cross or the American Heart Association.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2331
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 18, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. PADAVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring
employees of certain child care facilities to be trained and certified
in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 390-a of the social services law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. The office of children and family services shall promulgate regu-
4 lations requiring operators, program directors, assistants and employees
5 with the potential for regular and substantial contact with children of
6 family day care homes, group family day care homes, school-age child
7 care programs and child day care centers to receive cardiopulmonary
8 resuscitation and first aid training and certification. The rules and
9 regulations shall require such training and certifications to be main-
10 tained as current pursuant to the requirements established by the Ameri-
11 can National Red Cross or the American Heart Association.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
13 have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediately the
14 amendment, addition, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
15 for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date is here-
16 by authorized and directed to be made on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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