Texas § ED.22.902 - INSTRUCTION RELATED TO CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNA
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§ ED.22.902. INSTRUCTION RELATED TO CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNA
INSTRUCTION RELATED TO CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR. (a) A school district shall, in accordance with the policy adopted under Section 21.4515 , make available to district employees and volunteers instruction in the principles and techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001 , Health and Safety Code. (b) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 545 (S.B. 199 ), Sec. 4(1), eff. September 1, 2021. (c) Each school nurse, assistant school nurse, athletic coach or sponsor, physical education instructor, marching band director, cheerleading coach, and any other school employee specified by the commissioner and each student who serves as an athletic trainer must participate in the instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator. A person described by this subsection must receive and maintain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator from the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or a similar nationally recognized association. (d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. (e) A private school that receives an automated external defibrillator from the agency or receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated external defibrillator or an open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a policy under which the school makes available to school employees and volunteer nurses instruction in the principles and techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator. The policy must comply with the requirements prescribed by this section and commissioner rules adopted under this section, including the requirements prescribed by Subsection (c). Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1371 (S.B. 7 ), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 545 (S.B. 199 ), Sec. 4(1), eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1045 (S.B. 1267 ), Sec. 10, eff. June 18, 2021. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 996 (S.B. 865 ), Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2025.
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