PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1580 PRINTER'S NO. 1898
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
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON AGING AND YOUTH, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 7, 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 UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES cardiopulmonary resuscitation <--
4 (CPR) at the facility when 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 WHOSE CHILD HEALTH PHYSICIAN IDENTIFIES THAT THE CHILD has an <--
30 increased risk for needing heart resuscitation is in care at
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1 the facility. The requirement under this paragraph shall be
2 in addition to the current requirement for infant and child
3 CPR at it relates to lifeguard training.
4 (b) Training.--
5 (1) Completion of training, including testing of skills
6 and knowledge, shall be documented by the signature and title
7 of a representative of the training entity and shall include
8 the date training was completed. SUCH TRAINING ENTITY SHALL <--
9 BE A STATE-LICENSED OR NATIONALLY CERTIFIED HEALTH
10 PROFESSIONAL WITH PEDIATRIC TRAINING. Documentation shall be
11 retained in the facility in that person's file.
12 (2) THE CONTENT OF THE TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE THE <--
13 INFORMATION SPECIFIED FOR THE FIRST AID AND CPR IN THE
14 CURRENT EDITION OF CARING FOR OUR CHILDREN, THE NATIONAL
15 HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR OUT-OF-HOME CHILD
16 CARE, PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, THE
17 AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION AND THE MATERNAL AND CHILD
18 HEALTH BUREAU OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
19 HUMAN SERVICES.
20 (2) (3) Pediatric first aid and CPR training shall be <--
21 renewed on or before expiration of certification and at least
22 every three years.
23 Section 4. Applicability.
24 This act shall apply to each facility on the date of the next
25 licensing or certification renewal of that facility or one year,
26 whichever is longer.
27 Section 5. Effective date.
28 This act shall take effect in six months.
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