CPR and First Aid Training

Licensing rules require group and family child care homes and child care centers to have at least one caregiver with infant, child and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid certification on duty at all times.

First aid/CPR training must be received from an organization approved by the department. CPR and first aid training may be completed online. If CPR and first aid training is completed online, an in-person skills test must also be completed for the training to be valid. In-person skills tests must be done face-to-face. They cannot be done via webcam or with a digital mannequin. The in-person skills test must be administered by one of the approved organizations. 

Many of the approved organizations offer several different types of CPR and first aid training (for the general community, the workplace, health care/emergency response professionals). It is recommended that caregivers take workplace CPR and first aid training, if offered. It is not necessary to take the course designed for health care/emergency response professionals.

Note: The Child Care Organizations Act (1973 PA 116) requires CPR and First Aid to be current.  Renewal courses will need to be taken before the expiration date on the cards. 

Approved CPR/First Aid Training  

Under the authority granted to the department by 1973 PA 116, the following organizations have been approved by the Bureau of Community and Health Systems, Child Care Licensing Division to provide adult, infant, and child CPR and/or first aid training to child care providers and caregivers.

Last Updated: 07/2025

Cards from the following organizations may be accepted if the training is age-appropriate: