Bill Text: NY S07295 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7295 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires a golf course to provide and maintain on-site automated external defibrillator in quantities and types deemed by the commissioner to be adequate to ensure the ready access for use during emergencies; requires at least one staff person or volunteer to be trained in the operation and use of the AED; provides liability clause for any person who voluntarily renders emergency treatment using the defibrillator.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-29 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S07295 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S07295-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7295
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 29, 2010
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       Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in  relation  to  requiring  a
         golf  course  to  make available at least one functional cardiac defi-
         brillator and requiring that employees of such facility be trained  in
         its proper operation and use
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
    2  391-q to read as follows:
    3    S 391-Q. FUNCTIONAL CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR AT GOLF COURSE. 1.  FOR  THE
    4  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "GOLF COURSE OPERATOR" SHALL INCLUDE
    5  ANY PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP,  UNINCORPORATED  ASSOCIATION
    6  OR OTHER ENTITY, WHETHER PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OWNED OR OPERATED, MANAG-
    7  ING ANY GOLF COURSE.
    8    2. A GOLF COURSE OPERATOR SHALL PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON-SITE AUTOMATED
    9  EXTERNAL  DEFIBRILLATORS  (AED), AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVI-
   10  SION ONE OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN  QUAN-
   11  TITIES  AND TYPES DEEMED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH TO BE ADEQUATE TO
   12  ENSURE READY AND APPROPRIATE ACCESS FOR USE DURING EMERGENCIES.
   13    3. THE GOLF COURSE OPERATORS SHALL ENSURE THE PRESENCE DURING HOURS OF
   14  OPERATION OF AT LEAST ONE STAFF PERSON  OR  VOLUNTEER  WHO  IS  TRAINED,
   15  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THREE THOU-
   16  SAND-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN THE OPERATION AND USE OF AN AED.
   17    4. GOLF COURSE OPERATORS SHALL BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  AND
   18  LIMITATIONS OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   19    5.  ANY  GOLF  COURSE OPERATOR, HIS OR HER EMPLOYEE OR OTHER AGENT, OR
   20  ANY PERSON WHO VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT EXPECTATION OF  MONETARY  COMPEN-
   21  SATION  RENDERS EMERGENCY TREATMENT USING SUCH DEFIBRILLATOR PURSUANT TO
   22  THIS SECTION, TO A PERSON WHO IS UNCONSCIOUS, ILL OR INJURED, SHALL ONLY
   23  BE LIABLE PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND-A OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   25  it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
   26  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any  rules  or  regulations
   27  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
   28  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
   29  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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