As used in this article 53, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1)Automated external defibrillator or AED means an automated external
defibrillator approved for sale by the federal food and drug administration.
(2)Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other legal entity or
organization, or a government or governmental body.
(3)Public place means an enclosed indoor or outdoor area capable of
holding one hundred or more people and to which the public is invited or in which
the public is permitted but does not include a private residence.
(4)Public school means a school of a school district, a district charter
school, an institute charter school, a facility school, or a school oper
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As used in this article 53, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) Automated external defibrillator or AED means an automated external
defibrillator approved for sale by the federal food and drug administration.
(2) Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other legal entity or
organization, or a government or governmental body.
(3) Public place means an enclosed indoor or outdoor area capable of
holding one hundred or more people and to which the public is invited or in which
the public is permitted but does not include a private residence.
(4) Public school means a school of a school district, a district charter
school, an institute charter school, a facility school, or a school operated by a board
of cooperative services.
Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1183), ch. 251, p. 2429, � 1,
effective August 2.
25-53-102. Placement of automated external defibrillator - donations -
acquisitions. (1) Any public school or person who owns, operates, or manages a
public place is encouraged to place functional AEDs in sufficient quantities to
ensure reasonable availability for use during perceived sudden cardiac arrest
emergencies.
(2) Any individual is permitted to retrieve or use an AED.
(3) (a) A public school or public place shall accept a donation of an AED that
meets standards established by the federal food and drug administration and is in
compliance with the manufacturer's maintenance schedule. A public school or
public place shall also accept gifts, grants, and donations, including in-kind
donations, designated for obtaining an AED, and for inspection, maintenance, and
training in the use of an AED.
(b) If a public place accepts a donated AED pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of
this section but the public place does not want to accept responsibility for AED
training or installation or for ensuring the AED is in compliance with the
manufacturer's maintenance schedule, the public place is not required to accept
the AED unless the donating party agrees to be responsible for AED training,
installation, and maintenance. The public place shall decide who will be trained, the
frequency of training, and when the AED training and installation will take place. If
the donating party has accepted responsibility for the maintenance of the AED but
can no longer provide maintenance, the public place may either accept
responsibility for the maintenance of the AED or remove the AED from the public
place.
(c) A public school that receives a donated AED shall decide who will be
trained, the frequency of training, and when the AED training will take place. An
AED acquired by a public school must be appropriate for use on children and adults.
(4) On or before September 1, 2019, the department of public health and
environment shall award a fifteen-thousand-dollar contract to a nonprofit
organization for the purpose of acquiring and distributing AEDs to public places.
Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1183), ch. 251, p. 2430, � 1,
effective August 2. L. 2024: (3)(b) and (3)(c) amended, (SB 24-227), ch. 486, p.
3393, � 1, effective June 7.
PART 2
SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST MANAGEMENT