Directs schools to have present at all times during which pupils are present at least one person certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid; outlines the requirements to be established by the commissioner of education for certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid; notes that such direction shall not be deemed to satisfy the requirements of any other provision of law relative to health education or school nurses.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2276
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 18, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring every school
to have at least one person certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
and first aid present while pupils are in attendance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 921 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 921. Medically qualified personnel required in all schools. 1. Each
4 school shall have present at all times during which pupils are present
5 at least one person certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first
6 aid. Any employee of a school may be designated as medically qualified
7 personnel.
8 2. For the purposes of this section, a person is considered certified
9 in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid upon the completion and
10 yearly renewal of a course which meets the requirements established by
11 the commissioner.
12 3. Fulfillment of the requirements of this section shall not be deemed
13 to meet the requirements of any other provision of law, rule or regu-
14 lation concerning health education or school nurses.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
16 ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however,
17 that those rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions
18 of this act shall be promulgated before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06666-01-1
