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Senate Bill S2037

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires attendance of a person certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in school buildings being attended by pupils

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2011-S2037 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง921, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S1063

2011-S2037 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts to provide adequate personnel who are certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in each school building being attended by pupils in numbers determined to be sufficient by the commissioner of education; requires that such person successfully complete the basic life support course conducted by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross or other program certified by the Commissioner of Education; requires that the names of such certified individuals be posted and available to all employees and pupils.

2011-S2037 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2037 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2037

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

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 the presence
  of a person  certified  in  cardiopulmonary  resuscitation  in  school
  buildings being attended by pupils

  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 921 to
read as follows:
  S  921. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION SERVICE REQUIRED IN  ALL  SCHOOL
BUILDINGS.  1.  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  MUST PROVIDE A PERSON OR PERSONS
CERTIFIED IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION IN SUCH NUMBERS AS  SHALL  BE
DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SUFFICIENT TO COVER ALL SCHOOL BUILD-
INGS  WHICH  ARE  BEING  ATTENDED  BY PUPILS. SUCH PERSON OR PERSONS MAY
INCLUDE A  TEACHER  OR  ANY  OTHER  FULL-TIME  EMPLOYEE  OF  THE  SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
  2. THE NAMES OF EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CERTIFIED IN CARDIOP-
ULMONARY  RESUSCITATION  SHALL  BE POSTED IN EACH BUILDING OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN A PLACE AND MANNER AVAILABLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES AND PUPILS.
  3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A PERSON IS CONSIDERED  CERTIFIED
IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION IF HE OR SHE HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
THE  BASIC LIFE SUPPORT COURSE IN SUCH TREATMENT CONDUCTED BY THE AMERI-
CAN RED CROSS OR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND OTHERWISE MEETS SUCH
REQUIREMENTS AS MAY  BE  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  WHICH  MAY
INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO, CONTINUING EDUCATION OR TRAINING TO
MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION.
  S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06510-01-1

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