AED Legal Analysis for Connecticut

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All schools must have an AED, trained staff, and a response plan for sudden cardiac arrest. Good Samaritan protection for rescuers trained in CPR/AED and to anyone who provides or maintains an AED. No training, registration medical oversight or specific maintenance requirements.
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Bill
Number		 Effective Date Sponsor Abstract
 SB 428 An act concerning revisions to public health related statutes and the establishment of the health information technology exchange of Connecticut. Purpose: To make various revisions to public health related statutes.
 HB 5627 2003-05-14 Purpose: To develop guidelines for the placement of automatic external defibrillators in public facilities.
 HB 5931 2003-07-01 Purpose: To allow certain school staff members to use a cartridge injector on students, and to provide protection for nonprofit organizations that sponsor programs that may be attended by children who may require cartridge injectors.
 HB 5631 2004-06-01 Purpose: To consider and recommend how best to use automatic external defibrillators in ways that will increase survival of cardiac events.
 SB 1208 2005-07-13 Purpose: To extend immunity from liability to staff members of hospitals who oversee the training, distribution and quality assurance of nerve antidote kits for emergency preparedness, and to allow emergency medical technicians and paramedics to operate under the surveillance, medical control and direction of the medical directors of the state's emergency preparedness forces.
 SB 317 2006-10-01 An act concerning revisions to department of public health statutes. Purpose: To make revisions to Department of Public Health statutes.
 SB 981 2009-07-01 An act concerning the availability of automatic external defibrillators in schools. Purpose: To save lives by requiring that: (1) There be an of automatic external defibrillator and school staff trained in the use such defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in all schools; and (2) schools develop emergency response plans to address serious incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life threatening emergency while on school grounds.
 HB 6599 2009-10-01 An act concerning patient safety. Purpose: To ensure that a patient who requires transportation on a stretcher is safely transported to his or her destination.
 HB 6541 2009-10-01 An act concerning municipal fire police officers. Purpose: To require that adult, child and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator certification be mandatory components of Firefighter I certification.
 SB 1089 2009-10-01 An act concerning automatic external defibrillators. Purpose: To establish requirements and immunity for the use of automatic external defibrillators in health clubs and athletic facilities of public high schools and institutions of higher education.

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