§ 3000-f. Automated external defibrillator; camps and youth sports\nprograms. 1. As used in this section, unless the context clearly\nrequires otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings:\n (a) "Automated external defibrillator" shall have the meaning set\nforth in section three thousand-b of this article.\n (b) "Camp" means a children's overnight camp, summer day camp, or\ntraveling summer day camp, as such terms are defined in section thirteen\nhundred ninety-two of this chapter, that is subject to regulation by the\ndepartment.\n (c) "Youth sports program" means any league or recreation program\norganized to provide group athletic activity to individuals under\nseventeen years old or programs providing athletic activity for high\nschool students regardless of the age of the participants of such\nprograms. Public school athletic programs subject to the requirements of\nsection nine hundred seventeen of the education law shall not be subject\nto the requirements of this section.\n 2. Within one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this\nsection, each camp, and each youth sports program that either hosts or\nparticipates in games, matches, tournaments, leagues, or similar\nactivities in which at least five teams are participating, shall\nestablish an automated external defibrillator implementation plan\ndescribing how the camp or program will:\n (a) make available an automated external defibrillator or describe\nreasonable access to an automated external defibrillator at every camp,\ngame and practice; and\n (b) use best efforts to ensure that there is at least one employee,\nvolunteer, coach, umpire or other qualified adult who is present at each\nsuch camp, game and practice who has successfully completed a training\ncourse consistent with the standards approved by the department under\nthe authority of section 3000-b of this article, within the preceding\ntwenty-four months of each such camp session, game and practice, and is\nfamiliar with the operation and routine maintenance of the automated\nexternal defibrillator.\n (c) Each camp and youth sports program shall maintain records that\nsuch camp or youth sports program possesses at least one automated\nexternal defibrillator.\n (d) Implementation plans shall include an equipment checklist and\ncardiac emergency protocol for when cardiac emergency incidents occur.\n (e) Implementation plans can include automated external defibrillator\naccess provided by athletic facilities, playing fields or site for games\nor practices where the operator of the facility provides automated\nexternal defibrillator access at their location.\n 3. Implementation of automated external defibrillator plans shall be\ndone in accordance with the requirements and protections of section\n3000-b of this article, including requirements as to maintenance,\ntesting, and reporting usage and use-related data.\n
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3000-f
Automated external defibrillator; camps and youth sports programs
2026-06-05
Official source: NYS Open Legislation (New York State Senate). Reproduced from public-domain New York statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.