Bill Text: NY S02276 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S02276 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02276-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2276
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   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    S 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    S  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