Senate Bill sb0048

    Florida Senate - 2005                                    SB 48

    By Senator Geller





    31-123-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to automated external

  3         defibrillators; amending s. 401.2915, F.S.;

  4         revising legislative intent with respect to the

  5         use of an automated external defibrillator;

  6         defining an automated external defibrillator as

  7         a lifesaving defibrillation device; defining a

  8         related term; providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 401.2915, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         401.2915  Automated external defibrillators.--It is the

15  intent of the Legislature that an automated external

16  defibrillator may be used by any person for the purpose of

17  saving the life of another person in cardiac arrest. In order

18  to achieve that goal, the Legislature intends to encourage

19  training in lifesaving first aid, set standards for the use of

20  automated external defibrillators, and encourage their use.

21         (1)  As used in this section, the term:

22         (a)  "Automated external defibrillator" means a

23  lifesaving defibrillation device that:

24         1.  Is commercially distributed as a defibrillation

25  device in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic

26  Act;

27         2.  Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence

28  of ventricular fibrillation and is capable of determining,

29  without intervention by the user of the device, if

30  defibrillation should be performed; and

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 1         3.  Is capable of delivering an electrical shock to an

 2  individual, upon determining that defibrillation should be

 3  performed.

 4         (b)  "Defibrillation" means the administration of a

 5  controlled electrical charge to the heart to restore a viable

 6  cardiac rhythm.

 7         (2)  In order to ensure public health and safety:

 8         (a)(1)  All persons who use an automated external

 9  defibrillator must obtain appropriate training, to include

10  completion of a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation or

11  successful completion of a basic first aid course that

12  includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, and

13  demonstrated proficiency in the use of an automated external

14  defibrillator;

15         (b)(2)  Any person or entity in possession of an

16  automated external defibrillator is encouraged to register

17  with the local emergency medical services medical director the

18  existence and location of the automated external

19  defibrillator; and

20         (c)(3)  Any person who uses an automated external

21  defibrillator shall is required to activate the emergency

22  medical services system as soon as possible upon use of the

23  automated external defibrillator.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

25  law.

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28                          SENATE SUMMARY

29    Defines an automated external defibrillator as a
      lifesaving defibrillation device. Defines other related
30    terms.

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