Bill Text: NY S00344 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires adequate training in the Heimlich maneuver and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), by an institution or provider approved by the state education department, as a condition of certification as a school teacher.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S00344 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S00344-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 344 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ 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 adequate training in the Heimlich maneuver and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for new certification as a school teacher THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 3004 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL 4 PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS REQUIRING THAT ALL PERSONS APPLYING, ON OR AFTER 5 JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE, FOR A CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE TO BE A 6 TEACHER SHALL, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER CERTIFICATION OR LICENSURE 7 REQUIREMENTS, HAVE COMPLETED ADEQUATE TRAINING IN THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER 8 AND CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR). THE TRAINING SHALL BE OBTAINED 9 FROM AN INSTITUTION OR PROVIDER WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE DEPART- 10 MENT TO PROVIDE SUCH TRAINING. EACH APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE THE DEPART- 11 MENT WITH DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THAT HE OR SHE HAS COMPLETED THE 12 REQUIRED TRAINING. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03602-01-9