Florida Senate - 2024                              CS for SB 830
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Collins
       
       
       
       
       
       588-02645-24                                           2024830c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to youth athletic activities; amending
    3         s. 1012.55, F.S.; revising the requirements for
    4         certain athletic coaches to include certification in
    5         cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, and the use
    6         of an automatic external defibrillator; providing
    7         requirements for such certification; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
   13  1012.55, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         1012.55 Positions for which certificates required.—
   15         (2)(a)1. Each person who is employed and renders service as
   16  an athletic coach in any public school in any district of this
   17  state shall:
   18         a. Hold a valid temporary or professional certificate or an
   19  athletic coaching certificate. The athletic coaching certificate
   20  may be used for either part-time or full-time positions.
   21         b. Hold and maintain a certification in cardiopulmonary
   22  resuscitation, first aid, and the use of an automatic external
   23  defibrillator. The certification must be consistent with
   24  national evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care
   25  guidelines.
   26         2. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to any
   27  athletic coach who voluntarily renders service and who is not
   28  employed by any public school district of this state.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.