Senate Bill S5262

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain health clubs to have at least one automated external defibrillator on the premises which is accessible to the staff, members and guests

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A744 - Passed Senate

  • 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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2021-S5262 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A744
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §627-a, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11110
2019-2020: A2338

2021-S5262 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health clubs with a membership of 50 or more to have at least 1 automated external defibrillator on the premises which is accessible to the staff, members and guests.

2021-S5262 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5262 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5262
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the requirement
   that certain health clubs shall have at least one  automated  external
   defibrillator available upon the premises

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 627-a of the general business law,
 as amended by chapter 31 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  Every  health club as defined under paragraph b of subdivision one
 of section three thousand-d of the public health law whose membership is
 [five hundred] FIFTY persons or more shall have AVAILABLE on  the  prem-
 ises IN A MANNER THAT PROVIDES OBVIOUS AND READY ACCESSIBILITY TO STAFF,
 MEMBERS  AND  GUESTS  at  least one automated external defibrillator and
 shall have in attendance, at all times during staffed business hours, at
 least one individual performing employment or individual  acting  as  an
 authorized  volunteer who holds a valid certification of completion of a
 course in the study of the operation of AEDs and a  valid  certification
 of  the completion of a course in the training of cardiopulmonary resus-
 citation provided by a nationally  recognized  organization  or  associ-
 ation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02205-01-1

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