(b) Approved training programs shall determine which of the following hours of training are required for instructors, based on competency in essential knowledge and skills and previous hours of training in relevant courses. (1) Eight hours of training in the approved program curriculum are required for instructor certification/authorization after completion of first aid and CPR training and/or demonstrated competency in essential skills. (2) Thirty-two hours of training are required for instructor certification/authorization if applicant has no prior training and/or demonstrated competency in essential skills. (c) This training shall be provided by the approved training program that is hiring, franchising, or affiliating with an instructor. The training shall be given as a condition of hiring, franchising, or affiliating with an instructor, and shall include, but not be limited to, the course content specified in Section 100000.23 of this chapter. (d) Each training organization shall maintain written verification of instructor qualifications for each certified instructor. Note: Authority cited: Sections 1797.107 and 1797.191, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1597.866 and 1797.191, Health and Safety Code. § 100000.23. Required Course Content for Pediatric First Aid and CPR Instructor Training. (a) The training program for instructors shall include, but not be limited to, the following topics: (1) Teaching methods; (2) Teaching presentation and student assessment; (3) Child development impact and issues; (4) Administrative and quality assurance; (5) Participant health and safety, including care and use of manikins; (6) Issues of cultural sensitivity; (7) Assurance that child care context is part of all content areas; and (8) Topics and skills specified in Section 100000.30(a). (b) The training program for instructors shall also assess and evaluate an instructor's ability to teach the following essential skills:
(1) Primary assessment, including management of suspected head and neck injuries; (2) Rescue breathing; (3) Techniques for response to choking (conscious and unconscious children); (4) Techniques for controlling bleeding; (5) Pediatric CPR; and (6) Splinting of fractures and sprains. (c) The training program shall assess and evaluate an instructor's teaching presentation and competency at assessing student skills. Note: Authority cited: Sections 1797.107 and 1797.191, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1596.798, 1596.866, 1596.8661 and 1797.191, Health and Safety Code; and Section 3765, Business and Professions Code. § 100000.24. Requirements for Instructor Training for Preventive Health and Safety. (a) Only instructors who possess a current pediatric first aid and CPR card shall teach approved child preventive health and safety training program courses. In addition, all child preventive health and safety instructors shall have completed a minimum of twenty-four hours of child preventive health and safety training that included, but is not limited to, the course content specified in Section 100000.30(b) of this chapter, within twelve months prior to beginning to teach an approved program. Until January 1, 2001, the twenty-four hours of training may include preventive health and safety training given by the instructor. (b) Approved training programs determine which of the following hours of training are required for instructors, based on competency in essential knowledge and skills and previous hours of training in relevant courses. (1) Eight hours of training in the approved program curriculum are required for instructor certification/authorization if applicant has previous instructor training after completion of first aid, CPR, and preventive health and safety training and/or demonstrated competency in essential skills. (2) Twenty-four hours of training are required for instructor certification/authorization if applicant has no prior instructor training and/or demonstrated competency in essential skills. (c) The training required in subsection (b) of this section shall be provided by the approved training program that is hiring, franchising or affiliating with an instructor. The training shall be given as a condition of hiring, franchising or affiliating with an instructor,