Sec. 28.0023. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR INSTRUCTION    


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  • (a) In this section, "automated external defibrillator" has the meaning assigned by Section 779.001, Health and Safety Code.

    (b) The State Board of Education by rule shall include elements relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator as part of the essential knowledge and skills of the health curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(2)(B).

    (c) This subsection applies only to a private school that receives an automated external defibrillator from the agency or receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated external defibrillator. A private school shall provide instruction to students in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator in a manner consistent with the requirements of this section and State Board of Education rules adopted under this section.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1371 , Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007.