Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 6-16-143 - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction(a) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, a public school student in grades nine through twelve (9-12) shall be trained in quality psychomotor skill bases in cardiopulmonary resuscitation before the student graduates from high school.(b) The course shall not be a certification process but shall follow the standards established by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or another nationally recognized organization that uses current, evidence-based emergency cardiac care guidelines and incorporates psychomotor skill development in the instruction and the use of automated external defibrillators.Added by Act 2013, No. 1016,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.