SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1393 FILED ON: 1/14/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 146
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas P. Kennedy
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To the Honorable Senate and House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act requiring certain officials to be trained in cardiopulmona
ry resuscitation.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Thomas P. Kennedy
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Second Plymouth and Bristol
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Michael Brady
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9th Plymouth
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act requiring certain officials to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 142 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 11A the following section:—
Section 11B. Any person appointed inspector of plumbing or inspector of gasfitting under sections 11 and 11A shall be trained to administer cardiopulm
onary resuscitation. The training shall not be less than the standards established by the Committee on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care of the American Heart Association, and shall be satisfactorily completed by them as soon as prac
tical but in no event more than one year after the date of their appointment.
SECTION 2.
Section 3 of chapter 143 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:—
Any
person appointed here
under shall be trained to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The training shall not be less than the standards established by the Committee on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care of the American Heart
Association, and shall be s
atisfactorily completed by them as soon as practical, but in no event more than one year after the date of their appointment.
SECTION 3. Section 32 of chapter 166 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:—
A
ny
person appointed hereunder shall be trained to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The training shall not be less than the standards established by the Committee on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care of the American Heart Ass
ociation, and shall be satisfactorily completed by them as soon as practical, but in no event more than one year after the date of their appointment.
