Requires every golf course to make available at least one functional cardiac defibrillator and requires that employees of such facility be trained in its proper operation and use.

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S6159A-2011 Actions

• May 7, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 6159A
• May 7, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
• Jan 9, 2012: REFERRED TO HEALTH

S6159A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S6159A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring golf course
operators to make available at least one functional cardiac
defibrillator and requiring that employees of such facilities be trained
in its proper operation and use

PURPOSE:
Makes mandatory that all golf courses shall possess a cardiac
defibrillator and employees must be trained to provide optimum use
and operation.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
3000-e which provides the following:

1. For the purposes of this section the following terms are defined:
(a)"Golf course" means an area of land laid out for golf with a series
of nine or eighteen holes each including a tee, fairway, and putting
green. (b) The term "golf course operator" shall include any person,
firm, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other
entity, whether publicly or privately owned or operated, managing any
golf course.

2. Golf course operators shall provide and maintain on site automated
external defibrillators (AED), as defined in paragraph (a) of
subdivision one of section three thousand-b of this article, in
quantities and types deemed by the commissioner to be adequate to
ensure ready and appropriate access for use during emergencies.

3. Every golf course operator shall have in attendance, at all times
during staffed business hours, at least one individual performing
employment or individual acting as an authorized volunteer who is
trained, pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section
three hundred-b of this article, in the operation and use of an AED.

4. Golf course operators shall he subject to the requirements and
limitations of section three thousand-b of this article.

5. Any golf course operator, his or her employee or other agent, or
any person who voluntarily and without expectation of monetary
compensation renders emergency treatment using such defibrillator
pursuant to this section, to a person who is unconscious, ill or
injured, shall only be liable pursuant to section three thousand-a of
this article.

Section 2 provides for the effective date.

EXISTING LAW:
None.

JUSTIFICATION:
Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S.
The use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) will allow a


golfer suffering a sudden cardiac arrest a greater chance of survival
while awaiting the arrival of an emergency medical team.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective
immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or
regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.

S6159A-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   6159--A

                              I N  SENATE

                               January 9, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
    discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
    to said committee

  AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to requiring golf
    course operators to make available at  least  one  functional  cardiac
    defibrillator  and  requiring  that  employees  of  such facilities be
    trained in its proper operation and use

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
  3000-e to read as follows:

    S 3000-E. FUNCTIONAL CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR AT GOLF COURSE. 1.  FOR THE
  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  BE  DEFINED  AS
  FOLLOWS:

    A. "GOLF COURSE" MEANS AN AREA OF LAND LAID OUT FOR GOLF WITH A SERIES
  OF  NINE  OR  EIGHTEEN  HOLES  EACH  INCLUDING TEE, FAIRWAY, AND PUTTING
  GREEN.
    B. "GOLF COURSE OPERATOR" MEANS ANY PERSON, FIRM,  CORPORATION,  PART-
  NERSHIP, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OR OTHER ENTITY, WHETHER PUBLICLY OR
  PRIVATELY OWNED OR OPERATED, THAT MANAGES ANY GOLF COURSE.
    2.  GOLF COURSE OPERATORS SHALL PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON-SITE AUTOMATED
  EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (AED), AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  SUBDIVI-
  SION  ONE OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-B OF THIS ARTICLE, IN QUANTITIES AND
  TYPES DEEMED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE  ADEQUATE  TO  ENSURE  READY  AND
  APPROPRIATE ACCESS FOR USE DURING EMERGENCIES.
    3.   EVERY GOLF COURSE OPERATOR SHALL HAVE IN ATTENDANCE, AT ALL TIMES
  DURING STAFFED  BUSINESS  HOURS,  AT  LEAST  ONE  INDIVIDUAL  PERFORMING
  EMPLOYMENT  OR  INDIVIDUAL  ACTING  AS  AN  AUTHORIZED  VOLUNTEER WHO IS
  TRAINED, PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THREE
  THOUSAND-B OF THIS ARTICLE, IN THE OPERATION AND USE OF AN AED.
    4. GOLF COURSE OPERATORS SHALL BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  AND
  LIMITATIONS OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-B OF THIS ARTICLE.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD03496-04-2

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    5.  ANY  GOLF  COURSE OPERATOR, HIS OR HER EMPLOYEE OR OTHER AGENT, OR
  ANY PERSON WHO VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT EXPECTATION OF  MONETARY  COMPEN-
  SATION  RENDERS EMERGENCY TREATMENT USING SUCH DEFIBRILLATOR PURSUANT TO
  THIS SECTION, TO A PERSON WHO IS UNCONSCIOUS, ILL OR INJURED, SHALL ONLY
  BE LIABLE PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
  it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
  ly,  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations
  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
  effective date.