Bill Text: MI HB4272 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Education; safety; automated external defibrillator drills for schools; establish. Amends sec. 19 of 1941 PA 207 (MCL 29.19).
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-18 - Referred To Committee On Education [HB4272 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB4272-Engrossed.html
HB-4272, As Passed House, June 19, 2013
HOUSE BILL No. 4272
February 19, 2013, Introduced by Reps. Haines, Slavens, Crawford, Johnson, MacMaster, Jacobsen, Hovey-Wright, Kesto, Kurtz, Victory, Hobbs, Kowall, Lori, Ananich, Darany, Cavanagh and Zorn and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1941 PA 207, entitled
"Fire prevention code,"
by amending section 19 (MCL 29.19), as amended by 2006 PA 337.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 19. (1) The chief administrative officer and the teachers
of all schools, including state supported schools, colleges, and
universities and the owner, or owner's representative, of all
school dormitories shall have a fire drill each month and ensure
unrestricted emergency egress during school hours and when the
school is open to the public. Each teacher in a school, including a
state supported school, college, or university and the owner or
owner's representative of a dormitory shall comply with these
requirements and keep a record of the drills.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a minimum of 8 fire
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drills is required for each school year. If weather conditions do
not permit fire drills to be held at least once a month, then at
least 5 fire drills shall be held in the fall of each year and 3
fire drills shall be held during the remaining part of the school
year. A school may substitute a cardiac emergency response drill
for 1 fire drill required under this subsection. [If the school has an
automated external defibrillator available at the school, the school shall substitute a cardiac emergency response drill for 1 fire drill required under this subsection.]
(3) A minimum of 6 fire drills is required for each school
year for a school that operates any of grades kindergarten to 12.
Four of the fire drills shall be held in the fall and 2 shall be
held during the remaining part of the school year. A school may
substitute a cardiac emergency response drill for 1 fire drill
required under this subsection. [If the school has an automated external
defibrillator available at the school, the school shall substitute a cardiac emergency response drill for 1 fire drill required under this subsection.]
(4) A minimum of 2 tornado safety drills is required for each
school year at the schools and facilities described in subsection
(1). These drills shall be conducted for the purpose of preventing
fires and related hazards and injuries caused by severe weather.
(5) A minimum of 2 drills in which the occupants are
restricted to the interior of the building and the building secured
is required for each school year at a school that operates any of
grades kindergarten to 12. A drill conducted under this subsection
shall include security measures that are appropriate to an
emergency such as the release of a hazardous material or the
presence of an armed individual on or near the premises. The drill
shall be conducted in coordination with the local emergency
management coordinator appointed under section 9 of the emergency
management act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.409, the county sheriff for the
county or the chief of police or fire chief for the municipality
where the school is located, or the designee of the sheriff, chief
of police, or fire chief and consistently with applicable federal,
state, and local emergency operations plans. The governing body of
a school shall seek input from the administration of the school on
the nature of the drills to be conducted under this subsection.
(6) A school that operates any of grades kindergarten to 12
shall conduct some of the drills required by this section during
lunch and recess periods, or at other times when a significant
number of the students are gathered but not in the classroom.
(7) The state fire marshal, a fire chief, or a firefighter in
uniform acting under orders and directions of the fire chief may
cause fire drills to be held in school houses, school dormitories,
and other public buildings as the state fire marshal considers
advisable. The state fire marshal may order the installation of
other protective apparatus or equipment that conforms to recognized
and approved modern practices.
(8) The department of state police emergency management
division shall develop a model to be used by a school in
conducting, and by a local emergency management coordinator, county
sheriff, chief of police, fire chief, or designee of a sheriff,
chief of police, or fire chief in coordinating, a drill under
subsection (5).
(9) The governing body of a school that operates any of grades
kindergarten to 12 shall adopt and implement a cardiac emergency
response plan for the school. The cardiac emergency response plan
shall address and provide for at least all of the following:
(a) Regular, coordinated cardiac emergency response drills
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that provide for training in the identification of and response to
cardiac emergencies.
(b) Use and regular maintenance of automated external
defibrillators, if available.
(c) Activation of a cardiac emergency response team during an
identified cardiac emergency.
(d) A plan for effective and efficient communication
throughout the school campus.
(e) If the school includes grades 9 to 12, a [training plan for
] the use of an automated external
defibrillator and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques.
(f) Incorporation and integration of the local emergency
response system and emergency response agencies with the school's
plan.
(g) A plan for evaluating the implementation of the cardiac
emergency response plan after each cardiac emergency response
drill.
(10) A cardiac emergency response drill conducted as part of
the cardiac emergency response plan under subsection (1) shall
include at least all of the following:
(a) Prompt activation of a cardiac emergency response team.
(b) Prompt activation of the local emergency response system.
(c) Simulation and testing of a cardiopulmonary resuscitation
response to a cardiac emergency.
(d) Simulation and testing of an automated external
defibrillator response to a cardiac emergency, if available.
(e) Evaluation of the response and of adherence to the
school's cardiac emergency response plan.
