Assembly Bill A3778

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires dental facilities to possess automatic external defibrillators

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A3778 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2923
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6611, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A11448

2011-A3778 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires dental facilities to possess automatic external defibrillators.

2011-A3778 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3778

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. FARRELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  dental
  facilities to possess automatic external defibrillators

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 6611 of  the  education  law,  as
added by chapter 183 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  10.  Beginning  January  first,  two thousand nine, each dentist shall
become certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from an approved
provider and thereafter maintain current certification, which  shall  be
included  in  the mandatory hours of continuing education acceptable for
dentists to the extent provided in the  commissioner's  regulations.  In
the  event the dentist cannot physically perform CPR, the commissioner's
regulations shall allow the dentist to  make  arrangements  for  another
individual in the office to administer CPR.  ALL DENTAL FACILITIES SHALL
HAVE  AN  AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR OR OTHER DEFIBRILLATOR AT THE
FACILITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07308-01-1

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