HB 501-FN-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0753

04/01

HOUSE BILL 501-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT requiring the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public schools.

SPONSORS: Rep. Spainhower, Straf 2; Rep. Sprague, Straf 2; Rep. D. Hooper, Straf 5; Rep. Andolina, Straf 6

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill requires every pupil to satisfactorily complete a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation before completion of the 10th grade, and shall ensure that every pupil satisfactorily completes a refresher course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation before completion of the 12th grade. The bill also requires school boards to establish a waiver process for any pupil who is physically unable to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0753

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT requiring the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public schools.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 School Boards; Studies. Amend RSA 189:10 to read as follows:

189:10 Studies. The school board shall ensure that health education and physical education are taught to pupils as part of the basic curriculum. The school board shall ensure that every pupil satisfactorily completes a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation before completion of the 10th grade, and shall ensure that every pupil satisfactorily completes a refresher course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation before completion of the 12th grade. The school board shall provide a waiver process for any pupil who is physically unable to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The school board shall ensure that all studies prescribed by the state board of education are thoroughly taught, especially physiology, hygiene, and health and physical education as they relate to the effects of alcohol and other drugs, child abuse, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and sexually transmitted diseases on the human system.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBAO

11-0753

01/21/11

HB 501-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT requiring the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public schools.

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