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As Introduced
122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998 | H. B. No. 717 |
REPRESENTATIVES VESPER-GARDNER-CAREY-HARRIS-PADGETT-COUGHLIN-
GARCIA-REID-THOMAS-BENDER-TAYLOR-LOGAN-TAVARES-CATES-FORD-COLONNA
A BILL
To enact sections 2305.235 and 3701.85 of the Revised Code to
authorize performance of automated external defibrillation and
provide civil
and criminal immunity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 2305.235 and 3701.85 of the Revised Code be enacted
to read as follows:
Sec. 2305.235. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "AUTOMATED
EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATION" MEANS THE PROCESS OF APPLYING A
SPECIALIZED DEFIBRILLATOR TO A PERSON IN CARDIAC ARREST,
ALLOWING THE DEFIBRILLATOR TO INTERPRET THE CARDIAC RHYTHM, AND,
IF APPROPRIATE, DELIVERING AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO THE HEART TO
ALLOW IT TO RESUME EFFECTIVE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY.
EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF WILLFUL OR WANTON MISCONDUCT OR WHEN
AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM IS NOT ACTIVATED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3701.85 OF THE
REVISED
CODE, NO PERSON SHALL BE HELD
LIABLE IN CIVIL DAMAGES FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR LOSS TO PERSON OR
PROPERTY, OR HELD CRIMINALLY LIABLE, FOR PERFORMING AUTOMATED
EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATION IN GOOD FAITH, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE
PERSON HAS OBTAINED APPROPRIATE TRAINING ON HOW TO PERFORM AUTOMATED
EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATION OR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A COURSE IN
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION.
Sec. 3701.85. (A) AS
USED IN THIS SECTION:
(1) "AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATION" HAS THE SAME
MEANING AS IN SECTION 2305.235 OF THE
REVISED
CODE.
(2) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDER" MEANS A PERSON
WHO IS AN "EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-BASIC," "EMERGENCY
MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-INTERMEDIATE," "EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN-PARAMEDIC," OR "FIRST RESPONDER" AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 4765.01 OF THE REVISED
CODE.
(3) "PHYSICIAN" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION
4765.01 OF THE REVISED
CODE.
(4) "REGISTERED NURSE" AND "LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE"
HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS IN SECTION 4723.02 OF THE
REVISEDCODE.
(B) A PERSON WHO HAS
OBTAINED APPROPRIATE TRAINING ON HOW TO PERFORM AUTOMATED
EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATION AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A COURSE
IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION MAY PERFORM AUTOMATED EXTERNAL
DEFIBRILLATION, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PERSON IS A PHYSICIAN,
REGISTERED NURSE, LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE, OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICE PROVIDER. WHEN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATION IS NOT
PERFORMED AS PART OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM, AN
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM SHALL BE ACTIVATED AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
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