SCS/HB 1337 – Beginning in school year 2014-2015, schools serving grades nine through twelve may provide their students instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as described in the act. A teacher of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation course does not need be a certified trainer if the instruction is not designed to result in certification of students. Instruction that is designed to result in certification must be taught by an authorized cardiopulmonary instructor.
This provision of law will not apply to a private school that objects on religious grounds, provided the school maintains its own personnel trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
This act is similar to a provision contained in CCS/SB 599 (2012).
MICHAEL RUFF