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Assembly Bill A8585

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires teachers and paraprofessionals employed in any school to have mandatory cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid training

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2009-A8585 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §920, Ed L

2009-A8585 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires teachers or paraprofessionals employed in any school to have mandatory cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid training.

2009-A8585 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A8585 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8585

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ESPAILLAT, MENG, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of  A.  WALKER  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Higher
  Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that  teach-
  ers  and paraprofessionals be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  and first-aid

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 920 to
read as follows:
  S  920.  CPR-TRAINED  TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS REQUIRED.  1. ALL
TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED IN ANY SCHOOL SHALL BE CERTIFIED
IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND FIRST-AID.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A TEACHER OR PARAPROFESSIONAL  IS
CONSIDERED CERTIFIED IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND FIRST-AID UPON
THE  SATISFACTORY  COMPLETION  OF  A COURSE WHICH MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS
ESTABLISHED BY REGULATION OF THE COMMISSIONER.
  3. THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SECTION  ARE  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY  OTHER
REQUIREMENTS  OF  LAW,  RULE  OR  REGULATION RELATIVE TO REQUIRED HEALTH
EDUCATION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any  rules  or  regulations
necessary for the implementation of the foregoing section of this act on
its  effective  date is authorized and directed to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04677-01-9

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