PRINTER'S NO. 1580
No. 1361 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY CIVERA, BARD, BARRAR, BISHOP, BUNT, L. I. COHEN, M. COHEN, COSTA, CURRY, DAILEY, DeLUCA, FICHTER, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, HARHAI, HORSEY, LEDERER, McGILL, MELIO, R. MILLER, NAILOR, ORIE, RAMOS, RAYMOND, READSHAW, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAYLOR, SCHULER, SCRIMENTI, SOLOBAY, STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRAVAGLIO, TRELLO, WILLIAMS, WILT AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 20, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND YOUTH, APRIL 20, 1999
AN ACT 1 Requiring all child day-care facilities in this Commonwealth to 2 have one or more persons competent in first aid techniques 3 and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at the facility when 4 one or more children are in care. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby enacts as follows: 7 Section 1. Short title. 8 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Child-Care 9 First Aid-CPR Act. 10 Section 2. Definitions. 11 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall 12 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the 13 context clearly indicates otherwise: 14 "Child day-care center." The premises in which care is 15 provided at any one time for seven or more children unrelated to 16 the operator.
1 "Department." The Department of Public Welfare of the 2 Commonwealth and its authorized agents. 3 "Facility." A child day-care center, family child day-care 4 home or group child day-care home. 5 "Family child day-care home." A home other than the child's 6 own home, operated for profit or not for profit, in which child 7 day care is provided at any one time to four, five or six 8 children unrelated to the operator. 9 "Group child day-care home." The premises in which care is 10 provided at one time for more than six but fewer than 16 older 11 school-age-level children or more than six but fewer than 13 12 children of another age level who are unrelated to the operator. 13 The term includes a facility located in a residence or another 14 premises. 15 Section 3. Staffing. 16 (a) Requirement.--Each child day-care center, group child 17 day-care home and family child day-care home, as regulated under 18 55 Pa. Code Chs. 3270 (relating to child day care centers), 3280 19 (relating to group child day care homes) and 3290 (relating to 20 family child day care homes), shall have: 21 (1) One or more persons who hold a current certificate 22 of completion of pediatric first aid training at the facility 23 when day-care children are in care. Such pediatric first aid 24 training shall include choke-saving and rescue breathing 25 techniques. 26 (2) At least one person at the facility who holds a 27 current certificate of completion of training in infant and 28 child cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when a child who 29 has an increased risk for needing heart resuscitation is in 30 care at the facility. The requirement under this paragraph 19990H1361B1580 - 2 -
1 shall be in addition to the current requirement for infant 2 and child CPR at it relates to lifeguard training. 3 (b) Training.-- 4 (1) Completion of training, including testing of skills 5 and knowledge, shall be documented by the signature and title 6 of a representative of the training entity and shall include 7 the date training was completed. Documentation shall be 8 retained in the facility in that person's file. 9 (2) Pediatric first aid and CPR training shall be 10 renewed on or before expiration of certification and at least 11 every three years. 12 Section 4. Applicability. 13 This act shall apply to each facility on the date of the next 14 licensing or certification renewal of that facility or one year, 15 whichever is longer. 16 Section 5. Effective date. 17 This act shall take effect in six months. C5L67DMS/19990H1361B1580 - 3 -