SENATE DOCKET, NO. 382 FILED ON: 1/16/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 119
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act requiring certain officials to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Thomas P. Kennedy | Second Plymouth and Bristol |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 382 FILED ON: 1/16/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 119
By Mr. Kennedy, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 119) of Thomas P. Kennedy for legislation to require certain officials to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 119 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen
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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 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 satisfactorily completed by them as soon as practical 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 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 Association, 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.
SECTION 3. Section 32 of chapter 166 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:—
Any 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 Association, 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.