N.J. Admin. Code § 13:20-50B.16

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:20-50B.16 - First aid kit

(a) A removable first aid kit may be provided. The first aid kit shall be moistureproof and dustproof and shall be mounted in an accessible place in the immediate vicinity of the driver's compartment. If the first aid kit is stored in a storage compartment, the storage compartment shall be identified by the words "FIRST AID" in red letters at least two inches high with a brushstroke at least 3/16 inch wide. The storage compartment may also be marked with the Red Cross symbol.

(b) The first aid kit shall contain sufficient supplies for the capacity of the school bus. Suggested items include, but are not limited to:

1. Two rolls of adhesive tape, one inch by 21/2 yards;

2. Twenty-four sterile gauze pads, three inches by three inches;

3. One hundred adhesive bandages, 3/4 inch by three inches;

4. Eight two-inch bandage compresses;

5. Ten three-inch bandage compresses;

6. Two sterile gauze roller bandages, two inches by six feet;

7. Two nonsterile triangular bandages, approximately 40 inches by 35 inches by 54 inches, with two safety pins;

8. Three sterile gauze pads, 36 inches by 36 inches;

9. Three sterile eye pads;

10. One pair medical examination gloves;

11. One pair rounded-end scissors; and

12. One mouth-to-mouth airway.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:20-50B.16

Amended by R.2012 d.023, effective 2/6/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 1831(a), 44 N.J.R. 287(b).
Rewrote (a) and the introductory paragraph of (b); in (b)10, substituted "medical examination" for "latex"; in (b)11, inserted "and"; in (b)12, substituted a period for a semicolon at the end; and deleted (b)13 and (b)14.