Proposed Int. No. 895-A
By Council Members Menin, Schulman, Joseph, Restler, Louis, Brannan, Cabán, Gutiérrez, Brewer, Narcisse, Hanif, Sanchez, Carr and Morano
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring schools and child care programs to stock epinephrine devices
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-187.1 to read as follows:
§ 17-187.1 Epinephrine devices. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Child care facility. The term "child care facility" has the same meaning as the term "facility" as defined in section 47.01 of the New York city health code.
Child care program. The term "child care program" has the same meaning as in section 47.01 of the New York city health code.
Epinephrine device. The term “epinephrine device” has the same meaning as in section 3000-c of the public health law.
School premises. The term “school premises” means any building or facility, or any portion thereof, in which there is a school of the city school district of the city of New York, charter school, or nonpublic primary or secondary school.
b. The department of education and any entity operating a charter school or nonpublic primary or secondary school shall maintain an epinephrine device in each school premises under its control in accordance with section 3000-c of the public health law.
c. A child care program shall maintain at least 2 epinephrine devices in each child care facility under its control in accordance with section 3000-c of the public health law and section 47.29 of the New York city health code.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
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