Connecticut 2014 2014 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05149 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/11/2014

                    General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 5149
February Session, 2014  LCO No. 538
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)

General Assembly

Raised Bill No. 5149 

February Session, 2014

LCO No. 538

*00538_______PS_*

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY 

Introduced by:

(PS)

AN ACT CONCERNING CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 19a-113a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, requiring that persons who are employed as lifeguards shall be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation by the American Heart Association, [or] the American Red Cross, or the American Safety and Health Institute. 

 


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2014 19a-113a

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1

October 1, 2014

19a-113a

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow lifeguards to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification by the American Safety and Health Institute. 

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