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The District will provide and maintain on-site in each school facility functional cardiac automated external defibrillator (AED) equipment as defined in Public Health Law Section 3000-b for use during emergencies.

Whenever a District instructional facility is used for a school-sponsored or school-approved curricular or extracurricular event or activity and whenever a school-sponsored athletic contest is held at any location, the public school officials and administrators responsible for such school facility or athletic contest will ensure that AED equipment is provided on-site and that at least one staff  person who is trained in the operation and use of the AED is present during such event, activity or contest. School-sponsored or school-approved curricular or extracurricular events or activities mean events or activities of the District that are, respectively, associated with its instructional curriculum or otherwise offered to its students. A school-sponsored athletic contest means an extracurricular intramural athletic activity of instruction, practice, and competition for students in grades 4 through 12 consistent with Section 135.4 of the Commissioner's Regulations.

The School Physician is designated to serve as an Emergency Health Care Provider to monitor the program and ensure that all designated responders are properly trained and that AEDs are properly maintained. The District and the Emergency Health Care Provider shall develop protocols for administration and use of this equipment including training requirements, location of AED units, the maintenance and inspection of AEDs, the identification of local emergency response providers and assurances that 911 will be called immediately for emergency assistance.

The District will provide regular maintenance and checkout procedures of the AED unit(s) which meet or exceed manufacturer's recommendations. Appropriate documentation will be maintained in accordance with law and/or regulation. Further, the District will participate in the required Quality Improvement Program as determined by the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council. Pursuant to Public Health Law Sections 3000-a and 3000-b, the District (as a public access defibrillation provider), or any employee or other agent of the District who, in accordance with the provisions of law, voluntarily and without expectation of monetary compensation renders emergency medical or first aid treatment using an AED to a person who is unconscious, ill, or injured, shall not be liable for damages for injury or death unless caused by gross negligence.

Adopted date: September 22, 2008

Amended date: March 20, 2023