Child care center staff training requirements modification

A bill for an act

relating to child care; modifying child care center staff training requirements;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.65, subdivision 5.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.65, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

(a) Unless training has been completed within

the previous two years, the director, staff persons, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers

must satisfactorily complete pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training that

meets the requirements of this subdivision. Pediatric CPR training must be completed prior

to having unsupervised direct contact with a child, but not to exceed the first 90 days of

employment.

(b) Pediatric CPR training must be provided by an individual approved to provide

pediatric CPR instruction.

(c) The pediatric CPR training must:

(1) cover CPR techniques for infants and children and the treatment of obstructed airways
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including how to perform back blows on infants and how to perform abdominal thrusts on

children
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(2) include instruction, hands-on practice, and an in-person, observed skills assessment

under the direct supervision of a CPR instructor; and

(3) be developed by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or another

organization that uses nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines for CPR.

(d) Pediatric CPR training must be repeated at least once every second calendar year.

(e) Pediatric CPR training in this subdivision must not be used to meet in-service training

requirements under subdivision 9.