HB 127

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to defibrillators in state parks; creating
3	s. 258.0165, F.S.; encouraging state parks to have a
4	functioning automated external defibrillator; requiring
5	training, maintenance, and location registration;
6	providing immunity from liability under the Good Samaritan
7	Act and the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; authorizing the
8	Division of Recreation and Parks to adopt rules; providing
9	an appropriation; providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  Section 258.0165, Florida Statutes, is created
14	to read:
15	258.0165  Defibrillators in state parks.--
16	(1)  Each state park is encouraged to have on the premises
17	at all times a functioning automated external defibrillator.
18	(2)  State parks that provide automated external
19	defibrillators shall ensure that employees and volunteers are
20	properly trained in accordance with s. 401.2915.
21	(3)  The location of each automated external defibrillator
22	shall be registered with a local emergency medical services
23	medical director.
24	(4)  The use of automated external defibrillators by
25	employees and volunteers shall be covered under the provisions
26	of ss. 768.13 and 768.1325.
27	(5)  The Division of Recreation and Parks may adopt rules
28	pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the
29	provisions of this section.
30	Section 2.  The sum of $92,000 is appropriated from the
31	General Revenue Fund to the Division of Recreation and Parks of
32	the Department of Environmental Protection for the purpose of
33	implementing this act during the 2005-2006 fiscal year. The
34	division shall arrange for the purchase of as many automated
35	external defibrillators as may be purchased with this
36	appropriation.
37	Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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