1. (a) The department will consider a CPR or CPR instructor credential as valid, for the purposes of this chapter, only if the credential meets the requirements of this section.
2. (b) To hold a valid CPR credential, the person must have successfully completed a basic life support (BLS) CPR course and hold a current CPR credential from a training agency recognized under (d) of this section.
3. (c) To hold a valid CPR instructor credential, the person must have successfully completed a basic life support (BLS) instructor course and hold a current CPR instructor credential from a training agency recognized under (d) of this section.

4. (d) The department will only recognize a training agency, for the purposes of this section, if that agency

   1. (1) teaches CPR in accordance with the current guidelines of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), 2018 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations, as amended from time to time, and adopted by reference for basic life support CPR;
   2. (2) requires its CPR classes to instruct on adult, child, and infant CPR and airway obstruction skills, including two rescuer CPR and barrier devices;
   3. (3) issues CPR and CPR instructor credentials to successful participants that are valid for no longer than two years; and
   4. (4) has a system for credentialing and evaluating CPR instructors.

(Eff. 5/22/96, Register 138; am 8/16/2002, Register 163; am 1/20/2013, Register 205; am 8/21/2019, Register 231)

Authority: AS 18.08.080, AS 18.08.082, AS 18.08.084, AS 47.05.012