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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020
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HOUSE BILL 2260 |
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AN ACT
Amending title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36‑420; relating to health care institutions.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-420, to read:
36-420. Health care institutions; staff training; requirements; prohibition; nonliability
A. All health care institutions licensed pursuant to this chapter that provide congregant or residential care shall provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid training for all staff as prescribed in rule by the department. Facility staff who are certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall be available at all times.
B. Facilities prescribed in subsection A of this section Shall establish and implement policies that require facility staff, in reasonable accordance with the training prescribed pursuant to subsection A of this section, to immediately evaluate the condition and circumstances of any resident who experiences cardiac arrest, any other cessation of respiration or any other medical emergency. On a determination that immediate resuscitation or first aid is feasible and appropriate in accordance with that resident's advance directives or do‑not‑resuscitate order, facility staff shall provide basic appropriate cardiopulmonary resuscitation or first aid care. Facilities shall not implement a policy that prevents staff from providing immediate resuscitation that complies with this subsection.
C. A facility or a facility staff member who in good faith renders emergency care or emergency assistance in reasonable accordance with the training prescribed pursuant to subsection A of this section to a person who experiences cardiac arrest, any other cessation of respiration or any other medical emergency is not liable for any civil damages as the result of any act or omission by the person rendering the emergency care or emergency assistance to the person, unless the person acted with gross negligence while rendering the emergency care or emergency assistance.