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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-452" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Health and Safety of Students">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each nonpublic middle school and high school that receives State funding shall develop a venue–specific emergency action plan for all athletic facilities.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A venue–specific emergency action plan developed by a nonpublic school shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The operation and use of automated external defibrillators in a manner consistent with the requirements of § 13–517 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Heat acclimatization in a manner consistent with the model policy developed under § 7–434 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Coordination of care for other emergent injuries, including cervical spinal injury, concussion and closed head injury, major orthopedic injuries, and severe weather for outdoor facilities; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A cardiac emergency response plan in accordance with subsection (e) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A venue–specific emergency action plan developed under this section shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Posted at each athletic facility at the school;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Available on the school’s website for viewing by a student athlete’s parent or guardian at the beginning of each school year;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Distributed to each member of the coaching staff; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Rehearsed in person and interactively by all of the coaching staff of each sport before each of their respective seasons.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The provisions of a venue–specific emergency action plan for the operation and use of automated external defibrillators shall ensure that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An automated external defibrillator is provided on–site and is located at or within a brief walk from an athletic practice or event on school property;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An automated external defibrillator is freely accessible during all school functions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>All members of the coaching staff are trained in the operation and use of an automated external defibrillator; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A trained member of the coaching staff is present at all athletic practices and events on school property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The provisions of a venue–specific emergency action plan for heat acclimatization shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Include guidelines for student athletes consistent with the Model Policy for Preseason–Practice Heat Acclimatization Guidelines for Student Athletes established under § 7–434 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Ensure that each school is properly prepared and equipped to initiate cold water immersion for the treatment of exertional heat stroke;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Ensure that the cooling modality is readily available to student athletes at all athletic practices and events on school property;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Ensure that all members of the coaching staff are trained in cold water immersion; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Ensure that a trained member of the coaching staff is present at all athletic practices and events on school property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each venue–specific emergency action plan shall include a cardiac emergency response plan.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The cardiac emergency response plan shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Identify the appropriate school personnel to serve as the cardiac emergency response team who will be tasked with responding to incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life–threatening emergency while at an athletic facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Coordinate with first responders in the local emergency medical services to integrate the cardiac emergency action plan into local emergency response protocols; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Include, at minimum, the following evidence–based core elements recommended by an appropriate national organization, including the American Heart Association:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Procedures for activating the cardiac emergency response team during incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life–threatening emergency while at an athletic facility; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Requiring specified school personnel to have training in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the operation and use of automated external defibrillators, in a manner consistent with § 7–425 of this subtitle, including cardiac emergency response team members, athletic coaching and training staff, school nurses, and any other individuals identified by the cardiac emergency response team.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Each year, each middle school and high school shall review and update the cardiac emergency response plan required under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
