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N.Y. EDN Law § 804-C

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction

Official statutory text

§ 804-c. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction. 1. Instructions\nregarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation may be offered for voluntary\nadmission as a part of the health education curriculum in all senior\nhigh schools. In addition to the requirement that all teachers of health\neducation shall be certified to teach health, persons instructing pupils\nin cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall possess valid certification by an\nagency offering such certification in the performance of cardiopulmonary\nresuscitation and in its instruction.\n 2. The commissioner may prescribe regulations governing such health\neducation courses which shall include instruction in cardiopulmonary\nresuscitation. Such regulations shall in no event prescribe a course of\nstudy in cardiopulmonary resuscitation which sets forth standards for\ninstruction of a lesser quality than the requirements of the programs\nadopted by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.\n 3. School authorities that choose to offer such course shall provide\nthe needed facilities, time and place for the instruction set forth\nherein and shall provide learning aids and curriculum resource materials\nto support such course of study.\n

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