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(a) The owner or operator of a public place, as defined in § 17-188 of the Code, must have a site response and maintenance plan as part of the written practice protocols included in the collaborative agreement required by § 3000-b of New York State Public Health Law. This plan must be made available to the Department upon its request.
(b) The Site-Specific Plan must specify the following:
(1) A list of the trained responders, the specific training they received, how they can be contacted, the locations of the trained responders at the site.
(2) The provider of the AED/CPR training received by each trained responder, the date that training was received as well as the due dates for training recertification of each trained responder.
(3) The specific location(s) of the automated external defibrillator(s) at the public place. The automated external defibrillator(s) shall be in a location(s) accessible to the trained responder(s).
(4) The party responsible for verifying that the automated external defibrillator(s) is in operable condition and for ensuring that the equipment is maintained in conformity with the manufacturer's recommendations.
(5) The placement and exact location of the signs required by 24 RCNY § 24-04(a), (b) and (c) along with the information on how to contact the site's trained responder(s).
(6) Instructions on how to identify an on-site medical emergency and a listing of procedures to be followed to notify trained responders of the existence of that emergency.
(7) Procedures to be followed to notify the emergency medical services system as to the existence of an on-site medical emergency.
(8) How the trained responder(s) at a site will be dispatched to the location of the medical emergency.
(9) The procedures to be followed by the trained responder(s) at the location upon their response to the location of a medical emergency.
(10) Procedures to be followed by trained responders upon their transfer of care of an emergency to the emergency medical services system.
(11) Instructions on how to document each use of an automated external defibrillator and immediately report such usage in accordance with Public Health Law § 3000-b.
(c) The number of trained responders in each public place shall be commensurate with the size and configuration of the facility to permit rapid response during regular business hours. The number of trained responders in nursing homes required to make on-site automated external defibrillators available pursuant to § 17-188(b) of the Code shall be as specified in 24 RCNY § 24-06.
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