WHB/4/9
Sponsored by Lillyann Freeman, Morgan Marlar of West High School
This legislation was filed in the Safety and Homeland Security category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this act will be defined as follows: |
| 4 | (a) Lifeguard Certification: a means of demonstrating that a person has passed a lifeguard training |
| 5 | course |
| 6 | (b) Lifeguard Recertification: lifeguard course designed to refresh your knowledge and skills |
| 7 | (c) Water Rescues: any incident that involves the removal of victims from any body of water |
| 8 | (d) CPR: an emergency life-saving procedure that is done when someone's breathing or heartbeat |
| 9 | has stopped |
| 10 | (e) AED (Automated External Defibrillator): a medical device used to help those experiencing |
| 11 | sudden cardiac arrest that can analyze the heart's rhythm and, if necessary, deliver an electrical |
| 12 | shock, or defibrillation, to help the heart re-establish an effective rhythm. |
| 13 | (f) First Aid: medical attention that is usually administered immediately after the injury occurs and |
| 14 | at the location where it occurred |
| 15 | (g) American Red Cross: a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides emergency |
| 16 | assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States |
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| 18 | Section 2: All lifeguards will be required to get recertified every year including a written and |
| 19 | physical test. This bill is necessary to improve the safety of individuals while under the |
| 20 | responsibility of lifeguards. |
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| 22 | Section 3: With the passage of this bill, lifeguards will be able to retain the skills and information |
| 23 | learned from recertification and be better prepared for unexpected emergencies. Lifeguard training |
| 24 | centers will provide recertification courses throughout the year to ensure lifeguards are given the |
| 25 | ability for recertification. The recertification course will require a written and physical test which |
| 26 | includes: water rescues, CPR, AED, and First Aid. |
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| 28 | Section 4: This bill will cost no money to enact. This cost will be absorbed by the participant in a |
| 29 | lifeguard recertification course. This bill has the possibility to generate income for American Red |
| 30 | Cross. |
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| 32 | Section 5: All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. |
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| 34 | Section 6: This act shall take effect January 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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