Bill Text: PA HB1525 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for employee available to administer CPR.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-05 - Act No. 106 [HB1525 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1525-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2023
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1525 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY ELLIS, BARRAR, COHEN, D. COSTA, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO, GABLER, GEIST, GODSHALL, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, M. K. KELLER, LONGIETTI, MAHER, MALONEY, MUSTIO, NEUMAN, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SWANGER, TAYLOR, THOMAS, WHEATLEY AND WHITE, JUNE 6, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, JUNE 6, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 21, 1989 (P.L.672, No.87), entitled
"An act providing for the regulation of health club
contracts; and providing for further duties of the Bureau of
Consumer Protection, the Attorney General and district
attorneys," further providing for employee available to
administer CPR.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 14 of the act of December 21, 1989
(P.L.672, No.87), known as the Health Club Act, is amended to
read:
Section 14. Employee available to administer CPR.
(a) General rule.--Every health club shall employ and have
on the health club's premises during the club's hours of
operation a person who is trained and certified to administer
CPR.
(b) Nature of employment.--An employee who is trained and
certified to administer CPR may be hired primarily to fulfill
other functions for the employing health club.
(c) Number of employees certified.--If a health club is open
for more than eight hours a day and more than five days a week,
it shall employ more than one person who is trained and
certified to administer CPR.
(c.1) Limited waiver.--
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
a health club that offers health club services during
nonstaffed hours may submit a written request to the director
for a waiver from compliance with the provisions of this
section during nonstaffed hours.
(2) The director shall approve a request for a waiver
submitted under this subsection if the director determines
that:
(i) The portion of the premises in which members are
permitted access during nonstaffed hours consists of not
more than 6,000 square feet that meets requirements of
the municipality in which the health club is located for
being readily accessible to emergency services responders
from the outside of the health club.
(ii) The area specified under subparagraph (i) is
equipped with an automated external defibrillator and
appropriate signage, a panic button, a 911 telephone and
no less than four personal security devices.
(iii) During orientation of each new buyer, the
health club provides instructions regarding the use of
the health club during nonstaffed hours, including the
location and use of the equipment required under
subparagraph (ii).
(d) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
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words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection:
"911 telephone." A telephone that does any of the following:
(1) Allows the person using the telephone to contact a
public safety answering point by dialing or pressing 911.
(2) Automatically calls a public safety answering point
when a person picks up the handset and activates the
telephone.
"Appropriate signage." All of the following:
(1) A sign posted in plain view by each automated
external defibrillator, panic button, 911 telephone and
personal security device with instructions for their use.
(2) A sign posted in plain view indicating that working
out alone during nonstaffed hours may pose health and safety
risks.
"Automated external defibrillator." A portable device that
uses electric shock to restore a stable heart rhythm to an
individual in cardiac arrest.
"CPR." Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, an approved lifesaving
technique which involves stimulation of the lungs and heart of a
victim of cardiac or pulmonary distress.
"Emergency services." Services, including firefighting, law
enforcement, ambulance and medical services, provided for the
protection or preservation of persons or property in
circumstances of immediate and significant threat of injury or
harm.
"Nonstaffed hours." Any period during which a health club
provides health club services without an employee on the
premises.
"Panic button." A wall-mounted device that, when
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intentionally activated by a person, sends an electronic signal
informing a public safety answering point or a remote monitoring
station that the person is in need of emergency services.
"Personal security device." A device that is designed to be
worn around the neck of a person and when intentionally
activated by the person, sends an electronic signal informing a
public safety answering point or a remote monitoring station
that the person is in need of emergency services.
"Public safety answering point." A public safety answering
point as defined in section 2 of the act of July 9, 1990
(P.L.340, No.78), known as the Public Safety Emergency Telephone
Act.
"Remote monitoring station." A location staffed 24 hours a
day, seven days a week by trained personnel who contact a public
safety answering point or emergency services responders.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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