Furnishing and maintaining of resuscitators; penalties

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RS 1300.21 - Furnishing and maintaining of resuscitators; penalties

A. At each publicly supervised swimming place there shall be located at least one resuscitator in adequate operating condition furnished and maintained by the governing authority which operates or supervises the swimming place. Such governing authority shall furnish resuscitators of the dual model type designed to work on two persons at the same time, together with at least four cylinders of oxygen and at least two adult masks and two infant masks for each such dual model. At each such swimming place such governing authority shall provide at least one lifeguard thoroughly trained in the operation of such resuscitators and such lifeguard shall be responsible for the maintenance thereof.

B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

Acts 1960, No. 578, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1298 by HCR 84 of 2015 RS; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.

NOTE: Former R.S. 40:1300.21 redesignated as R.S. 40:1201.1 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.


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