N.Y. Education Law § 804-d: Automated external defibrillator instruction

§ 804-d. Automated external defibrillator instruction. Instructions

regarding the correct use of an automated external defibrillator shall

be included as a part of the health education curriculum in all senior

high schools when cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction is being

provided as authorized by section eight hundred four-c of this article.

In addition to the requirement that all teachers of health education

shall be certified to teach health, persons instructing pupils in the

correct use of automated external defibrillators shall possess valid

certification by a nationally recognized organization or the state

emergency medical services council offering certification in the

operation of an automated external defibrillator and in its instruction.