Bill Text: FL S1282 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Automated External Defibrillators

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Health Regulation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 801 (Ch. [S1282 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-S1282-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1282
       
       
       
       By Senator Richter
       
       
       
       
       37-01089-12                                           20121282__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to automated external defibrillators;
    3         amending s. 401.2915, F.S.; providing for a person or
    4         entity to notify the local public safety answering
    5         point regarding the location of the defibrillator in
    6         its possession; authorizing public safety
    7         telecommunicators to contact owners of defibrillators
    8         under certain circumstances; providing an effective
    9         date.
   10  
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
   14  401.2915, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (d) is
   15  added to that subsection, to read:
   16         401.2915 Automated external defibrillators.—It is the
   17  intent of the Legislature that an automated external
   18  defibrillator may be used by any person for the purpose of
   19  saving the life of another person in cardiac arrest. In order to
   20  achieve that goal, the Legislature intends to encourage training
   21  in lifesaving first aid and set standards for and encourage the
   22  use of automated external defibrillators.
   23         (2) In order to promote public health and safety:
   24         (b) Any person or entity in possession of an automated
   25  external defibrillator is encouraged to notify the local
   26  emergency medical services medical director or the local public
   27  safety answering point, as defined in s. 365.172(3)(a), of the
   28  location of the automated external defibrillator.
   29         (d) Notwithstanding s. 365.171(12), a 911 public safety
   30  telecommunicator, as defined in s. 401.465, may contact any
   31  private person or entity who owns an automated external
   32  defibrillator and has notified the local emergency medical
   33  services medical director or public safety answering point of
   34  such ownership if a confirmed coronary emergency call is taking
   35  place and the location of the coronary emergency is within a
   36  reasonable distance from the location of the defibrillator, and
   37  may provide the location of the coronary emergency to that
   38  person or entity.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.