The following rule, Chapter 41: Offering Instruction Related to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Use of an Automated Defibrillator in Maine Public Schools, requires public schools to offer training to students on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use automated external defibrillators.
The rules must be designed to ensure that the training requirements can be met without public schools being required to expand or modify its activity so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues.
Proposed language of rule Chapter 41 can be found here on the Department’s website. Comments can be sent to the Maine DOE Health and Physical Education Specialists Susan Berry at susan.berry@maine.gov now through January 15.