Section 7.26.985. CPR credential and training.

	(a)  The department will consider a CPR or CPR instructor credential as valid, for the purposes of this chapter, only if the credential meets the requirements of this section.  
	(b)  To hold a valid CPR credential, the person must have successfully completed a basic life support (BLS) CPR course and hold a current CPR credential from a training agency recognized under (d) of this section.  
	(c)  To hold a valid CPR instructor credential, the person must have successfully completed a basic life support (BLS) instructor course and hold a current CPR instructor credential from a training agency recognized under (d) of this section.  
	(d)  The department will only recognize a training agency, for the purposes of this section, if that agency  
		(1) teaches CPR in accordance with the current guidelines of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), 2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations, as amended from time to time, and adopted by reference for basic life support CPR;  
		(2) requires its CPR classes to instruct on adult, child, and infant CPR and airway obstruction skills, including two rescuer CPR and barrier devices;  
		(3) issues CPR and CPR instructor credentials to successful participants that are valid for no longer than two years; and  
		(4) has a system for credentialing and evaluating CPR instructors.  

Authorities

18.08.080;18.08.082;18.08.084;47.05.012

Notes

Reference

7 AAC 75.210

Authority

AS 18.08.080 AS 18.08.082 AS 18.08.084 AS 47.05.012 Editor's note: The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), 2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 26.985 may be obtained from the Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, P.O. Box 110616, Juneau, Alaska 99811-0616, or on the ILCOR website at the following Internet address: www.ilcor.org.

History

Eff. 5/22/96, Register 138; am 8/16/2002, Register 163; am 1/20/2013, Register 205

References

7.26.985