California Education Code

§ 51225.6

EDC § 51225.6 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 28 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)If the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school requires a course in health education for graduation from high school, the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school shall include, commencing with the 2018–19 school year, instruction in performing compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This instruction shall include both of the following:

(1)An instructional program based on national evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines for the performance of compression-only CPR, such as those developed by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.

(2)Instruction to pupils relative to the psychomotor skills necessary to perform compression-only CPR. For purposes of this paragraph, “psychomotor skills” means skills that pupils are required to perform as hands-on practice to support cognitive learning.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 556, Sec. 1. (AB 1719) Effective January 1, 2017.