PRINTER'S NO. 493
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
525
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY NEILSON, CIRESI, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, MADDEN,
SCHLOSSBERG, GUENST, SCOTT, BURGOS, FLEMING, ZIMMERMAN,
FREEMAN, KINKEAD, BRENNAN AND OTTEN, MARCH 17, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 17, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in certification of teachers, further
providing for CPR instruction and providing for procedures
regarding response to cardiac arrest and for donations for
use related to CPR and AED instruction; and, in school health
services, repealing provisions relating to automatic external
defibrillators and providing for availability and
specifications of automated external defibrillators.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1205.4 of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended to read:
Section 1205.4. CPR and Use of AED Instruction.--(a) School
entities shall [be required to offer a cardiopulmonary
resuscitation training (CPR) class] make available to district
employes and volunteers instruction in the principles and
techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of
an automated external defibrillator (AED) on school premises at
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