North DakotaNorth Dakota schools plan for cardiac emergencies and place defibrillators
North Dakota schools use a state template to prepare cardiac emergency plans and, starting in 2027–28, place and mark defibrillators.
What it does
The health department and public instruction superintendent provide schools with a customizable template for cardiac emergency plans, including yearly review and staff training.
Starting in the 2027–28 school year, public and nonpublic schools must make cardiac emergency plans and place and mark defibrillators on school grounds.
People carrying out a school cardiac emergency plan receive protection from liability for injuries caused by their acts or omissions while doing so.
Argument forA shared plan could help school staff respond to cardiac arrest by setting steps for training, emergency calls, and defibrillator use.
Argument againstSchools may need to spend time and money placing and maintaining defibrillators and training staff, which could strain limited resources.
More detail
The health department, working with the public instruction superintendent, creates a customizable plan template for schools. The template is for public and nonpublic schools. The template must use core elements set by the American Heart Association or another nationally recognized organization. It must call for crisis team adoption and yearly review, emergency response steps, defibrillator placement and upkeep, staff training, and coordination with local emergency medical services. The text gives no date for creating or providing the template.
Each public and nonpublic school develops a cardiac emergency plan, places defibrillators, and marks them with signs. These duties apply to every public and nonpublic school. Schools must use the state template and include the plan in the school district crisis management plan. The plan covers cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency on school-owned grounds or at school-owned athletic venues. Schools must place defibrillators on school grounds according to the named emergency-care guidelines. These school duties begin with the 2027–28 school year.
The listed school officials, employees, and crisis team members are protected from liability for injuries caused by their acts or omissions while carrying out the plan. The listed people include school and governing board members, administrators, principals, teachers, school employees, and crisis team members, whether students or adults. The protection applies while carrying out plan elements developed or implemented under this section.
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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History
- 2025
- Jun 11Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02Latest
- May 2Signed by Governor Kelly Armstrong 05/01Became Law
- May 1Sent to GovernorTo Governor
- May 1Signed by Speaker
- Apr 29Signed by President
- Apr 25Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 3Major
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1363. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 25Conference committee report adopted
- Apr 24Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendarMinor
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1363. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 24Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 1Major
- Apr 24Conference committee report adopted
- Apr 21Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendarMinor
- Apr 16Conference committee appointed Gerhardt Wobbema Beard
- Apr 14Conference committee appointed Hauck Novak Heinert
- Apr 14Refused to concur
- Apr 9Returned to House (12)
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1363. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 9Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 41 nays 5Passed Senate
- Apr 9Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Apr 8Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0Minor
- Mar 17Committee Hearing 10:00
- Mar 7Introduced, first reading, referred Education CommitteeMinor
- Feb 26
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1363. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 25Received from House
- Feb 25Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 2Passed House
- Feb 19Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Feb 18Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 0 4Minor
- Jan 27Committee Hearing 04:00
- Jan 13Introduced, first reading, referred Education CommitteeIntroduced
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