Automated External Defibrillators

C.R.S. tit. 25, art. 53
in effect

C.R.S. § 25-53-101 Definitions

25-53-101. Definitions. 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.

C.R.S. § 25-53-102 Placement of automated external defibrillator - donations - acquisitions - limited immunity

25-53-102. Placement of automated external defibrillator - donations - acquisitions - limited immunity. (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.

C.R.S. § 25-53-201 Definitions

25-53-201. Definitions. As used in this part 2: (1) "Department" means the department of public health and environment. (2) "Office" means the office of cardiac arrest management created in section 25-53-202. (3) "Public access defibrillator" means an automated external defibrillator approved for sale by the federal food and drug administration and available for use by the general public. (4) "Sudden cardiac arrest" means the sudden and unexpected cessation of cardiac mechanical activity.

C.R.S. § 25-53-202 Office of cardiac arrest management - creation - duties - appropriation - gifts, grants, and donations - rules

25-53-202. Office of cardiac arrest management - creation - duties - appropriation - gifts, grants, and donations - rules. (1) There is hereby created in the department the office of cardiac arrest management. The purpose of the office is to: (a) Promote the use of public access defibrillators and the use of registries to let the public know where a public access defibrillator can be found and used when an individual is suffering from sudden cardiac arrest; and (b) Coordinate the collection of sudden cardiac arrest data from hospitals and emergency medical services. (2) The office shall: (a) Coordinate the collection of sudden cardiac arrest data into a data analysis system specified by the department, including outcome data from hospitals that receive cardiac patients transported by emergency medical services; (b) Implement an outreach campaign to: (I) Raise awareness regarding sudden cardiac arrest and the skills necessary to save lives, including the importance of compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation; (II) Raise awareness regarding the use of public access defibrillators; (III) Demonstrate how to call for help and emergency medical services; and (IV) Encourage all residents of Colorado to engage in basic life-saving actions; (c) Maintain a list of training and education programs offered in the state that: (I) Teach life-saving skills, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of a defibrillator; and (II) Comply with the guidelines published by the American Heart Association; (d) Employ a statewide cardiac arrest data coordinator and other personnel as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section; and (e) Coordinate the submission of data, including the global positioning system location of public access defibrillators, to an automated external defibrillator registry designated by the department. (3) The office may: (a) Acquire, analyze, and oversee cardiac arrest data; (b) Release reports generated from the data; and (c) Share the data with: (I) Emergency medical services providers, dispatch centers, hospitals, and other entities as appropriate to assist with emergency response capabilities; (II) Appropriate entities as requested for research purposes; (III) Designated state and national cardiac arrest registries; and (IV) Designated state and national automated external defibrillator registries. (4) (a) For state fiscal year 2022-23, and for each state fiscal year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate two hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the department for allocation to the office for the purposes of this section. (b) The department may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of this section. (5) The state board of health may promulgate rules to implement this section.
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