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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification |
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requirements for certain food service workers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 438, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Subchapter E to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER E. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION FOR |
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CERTAIN FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEES |
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Sec. 438.051. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only |
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to a food service establishment at which space for eating is |
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designed or designated. |
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Sec. 438.052. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION |
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REQUIRED. (a) A food service establishment described by Section |
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438.051 shall ensure that all employees of the establishment are |
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certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. |
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(b) A food service establishment shall: |
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(1) provide training for all employees in |
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cardiopulmonary resuscitation as often as necessary to maintain |
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employee certification; and |
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(2) pay employees their regular wage for time spent in |
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the training. |
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(c) The instructor of a training course required under this |
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section must be authorized to provide the instruction by the |
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American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or a similar |
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nationally recognized association. |
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(d) A food service establishment that hires an employee who |
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is not certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall provide |
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training for that employee not later than the 30th day after the |
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date of hire. |
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(e) A food service establishment may not discriminate in |
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hiring based on whether an applicant is certified in |
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cardiopulmonary resuscitation. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act by adding |
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Subchapter E, Chapter 438, Health and Safety Code, applies to an |
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employee who is hired on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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(b) A food service establishment shall provide the training |
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required by this Act for employees hired before the effective date |
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of this Act not later than October 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |