Office of Unified Communications Training, CPR, and Modernization Amendment Act of 2015

June 30, 2015

Office of Unified Communications Training, CPR, and Modernization Amendment Act of 2015

Sponsor(s): Councilmembers McDuffie and Nadeau

Status: Attached to Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Support Act of 2016. Passed.

Date Introduced: 6/30/15

Hearing Date: 10/1/15

Description:

  • Requires that the Office of Unified Communications (OUC) provide training for all employees and establish a required amount of minimum hours for annual training and certification for the position of public safety communications training officer and public safety telecommunicator, in accordance with standards established by a national public safety association.
  • Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department must conduct cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and emergency medical application training for District residents and employees.
  • Requires each school to maintain a written record of the periodic testing, inspection, and maintenance of each AED and of the successful completion of a CPR and AED program by a specified employee.
  • Requires that at least one individual trained in a CPR and AED program be present during the school's hours of operation and during any athletic activity
  • Establishes procedures for responding to a medical emergency involving cardiac arrest, including the appropriate use of CPR and an AED including having at least one AED on-site at the school;
  • Requires at least one AED readily available at each athletic activity at the school;
  • Mandates that schools have a schedule of maintenance established for each AED that is in accordance with the manufacturer’s guidelines.
  • Ensures that each AED at the school is appropriate for use on children and adults;
  • Requires the following individuals successfully complete a CPR and AED program; provided, that individuals newly hired for one of these positions shall be required to successfully complete a CPR and AED program within 30 days of their hire date:
    • "(A) Each athletic coach, coaching assistant, and athletic trainer;
    • "(B) The athletic director;
    • "(C) The team or game physician;
    • "(D) Each school nurse; and
    • "(E) Every expected AED user employed by the school, as designated by the Principal
  • Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation must be included in at least one health class necessary for graduation.
    • Schools may offer the instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation directly or arrange for the instruction to be provided by available community-based providers.  The instruction is not required to be provided by a certificated teacher.  Certificated teachers providing the instruction are not required to be certified trainers of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.  A student is not required to earn certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to successfully complete the instruction.