New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle G - Office of General Services › Chapter IV - Facilities Planning And Operation › Subchapter A - Division Of Building Administration › Part 303 - Automated External Defibrillation › Section 303.4 - Operators

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) State officers
					 and employees charged with management of public buildings should endeavor to
					 recruit volunteers or, in appropriate circumstances, assign employees, in
					 compliance with the applicable collective bargaining agreements and relevant
					 Labor Law provisions, as part of their official job duties to operate AEDs,
					 such that there are optimally not less than two operators per each AED or, in
					 multiple floor buildings, two operators per floor, whichever is greater, which
					 operators are trained in the operation and use of an AED and whose regular
					 workstations are located in proximity of AEDs such that they may be able to
					 comply with the response time described in section
					 303.3(b)(1) of
					 this Part.
(b) Operator training
					 shall include a combination of both CPR and AED training. An AED operator is
					 required to successfully complete a CPR/AED training class at intervals
					 necessary to maintain certification.
(c) Agencies shall select and pay for a
					 training provider approved by DOH for purposes of training employees to both
					 administer CPR and use AEDs, consistent with the provisions of Public Health
					 Law, section 3000-b(3)(a). The successful completion of an approved CPR/AED
					 training course shall be a prerequisite to being considered by an agency for
					 designation as an authorized AED operator.
(d) Agencies may determine where and how an
					 operator receives his/her CPR/AED training, if such training is scheduled
					 during the employee's regular workday. An operator that receives his/her
					 CPR/AED training outside of the employee's regular workday will be eligible for
					 reimbursement for the cost of the training so long as the provider is approved
					 by DOH and the operator receives prior approval from the agency.
(e) All activities pursuant to this Part of
					 all operators, coordinators, and administrators, and any designees thereof,
					 whether such persons are acting as volunteers or by virtue of their assigned
					 work responsibilities, shall be considered to be within the scope of the
					 subject State employees' employment with the State of New York. The activities
					 contemplated in this subdivision include all those contained in this Part,
					 including but not limited to the location, operation, maintenance and testing
					 of AED equipment, as well as the administrative and ministerial functions, and
					 any other activity implied or reasonably necessary to the effective provision,
					 operation and administration of a Public Access Defibrillation Program.
					 Pursuant to the provisions of section 17  of the Public Officers Law, operators,
					 coordinators, and administrators who are volunteers and not State employees
					 shall be eligible for defense and indemnification by the State in their
					 activities pursuant to this Part upon their express authorization by the
					 respective State agency to participate in the volunteer component of this State
					 sponsored Public Access Defibrillation Program.