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By the Committee on Health Regulation; and Senators Wise and
Constantine
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to automated external
3 defibrillators; amending s. 212.08, F.S.;
4 providing a sales and use tax exemption for
5 automated external defibrillators; amending s.
6 401.2915, F.S.; revising provisions relating to
7 maintenance and training requirements and
8 notice to the local emergency medical services
9 medical director; 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. Present paragraph (k) of subsection (2) of
14 section 212.08, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
15 (l), and a new paragraph (k) is added to that subsection, to
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17 212.08 Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution,
18 and storage tax; specified exemptions.--The sale at retail,
19 the rental, the use, the consumption, the distribution, and
20 the storage to be used or consumed in this state of the
21 following are hereby specifically exempt from the tax imposed
22 by this chapter.
23 (2) EXEMPTIONS; MEDICAL.--
24 (k) Automated external defibrillators, as defined in
25 s. 768.1325, are exempt.
26 Section 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) of
27 section 401.2915, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
28 401.2915 Automated external defibrillators.--It is the
29 intent of the Legislature that an automated external
30 defibrillator may be used by any person for the purpose of
31 saving the life of another person in cardiac arrest. In order
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1 to achieve that goal, the Legislature intends to encourage
2 training in lifesaving first aid and set standards for and
3 encourage the use of automated external defibrillators.
4 (2) In order to ensure public health and safety:
5 (a) Any person or entity in possession of an automated
6 external defibrillator shall:
7 1. Properly maintain and test the device.
8 2. Provide training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
9 and automated external defibrillator proficiency from the
10 American Heart Association or the American Red Cross, or a
11 substantially similar program from another provider, to any of
12 its employees or agents who are reasonably expected to be
13 potential users of the defibrillator. All persons who use an
14 automated external defibrillator must obtain appropriate
15 training, to include completion of a course in cardiopulmonary
16 resuscitation or successful completion of a basic first aid
17 course that includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation training,
18 and demonstrated proficiency in the use of an automated
19 external defibrillator.
20 (b) Any person or entity in possession of an automated
21 external defibrillator is encouraged to notify register with
22 the local emergency medical services medical director of the
23 existence and location of the automated external
24 defibrillator.
25 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
2 Senate Bill 1168
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4 The committee substitute expands the sales tax exemption from
businesses to any person who purchases an automated external
5 defibrillator. The bill deletes revisions that the original
bill would have made to the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act which
6 provides immunity from civil liability to users of automated
external defibrillators under specified circumstances.
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