KRS 158.302: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training required for high school students.

(1) The General Assembly hereby finds that training Kentucky students in

cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures will:

(a) Increase students' ability to respond to eme rgency situations at school, home,

and public places;

(b) Benefit Kentucky communities by rapidly increasing the number of people

ready to respond to sudden cardiac arrest, a leading cause of death in the

United States; and

(c) Assist students in becoming responsible citizens consistent with the goals

established in KRS 158.6451.

(2) Every public high school shall provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation training to

students as part of the health course or the physical education course that is required

for hig h school graduation or the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps course

that meets the physical education requirement. The training shall:

(a) Be based on the nationally recognized, evidenced -based guidelines for

cardiopulmonary resuscitation certificatio n published by a national

accrediting body on heart health;

(b) Incorporate psychomotor skills training to support cognitive learning; and

(c) Make students aware of the purpose of an automated external defibrillator and

its ease and safety of use.

(3) The training does not have to be provided by a certified instructor or result in

students being certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

(4) A school administrator may waive the requirement that a student receive instruction

under subsection (2) of this se ction if the student has a disability or is physically

unable to perform the psychomotor skills component of the instruction required.