To enact section 3731.25 of the Revised Code to provide qualified civil and criminal immunity to an owner or employee of a hotel or SRO facility or another person who performs automated external defibrillation in good faith at the hotel or facility if the owner places an automated external defibrillator within the hotel or facility, requires at least one employee to successfully complete a course in automated external defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, maintains certain records, and complies with other conditions.

Section 1. That section 3731.25 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 3731.25. (A) As used in this section:

(1) "Automated external defibrillation" has the same meaning as in section 2305.235 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Automated external defibrillator" means a specialized defibrillator that is approved for use as a medical device by the United States food and drug administration for performing automated external defibrillation.

(3) "Employee" means any person employed by a hotel or SRO facility.

(B) Subject to division (C) of this section, except in the case of willful or wanton misconduct or if there is no good faith attempt to activate an emergency medical services system in accordance with section 3701.85 of the Revised Code, no owner or employee of a hotel or SRO facility and no other 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 at the hotel or SRO facility, regardless of whether that owner, employee, or other person has successfully completed a course in automated external defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

(C) The qualified immunity provided in division (B) of this section applies to any owner or employee of a hotel or SRO facility or to any other person only if the owner of the hotel or facility does all of the following:

(1) Places at least one automated external defibrillator within the hotel or SRO facility;

(2) Requires at least one employee to successfully complete a course in automated external defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation that is offered or approved by the American heart association or American red cross;

(3) Ensures that an employee who has successfully completed the course described in division (C)(2) of this section be present at the hotel or SRO facility for at least one day a week;

(4) Makes the course described in division (C)(2) of this section available to any employee at least once every twelve-month period;

(5) At the place within the hotel or SRO facility where the automated external defibrillator is located, posts a record of the name of each employee who has successfully completed the course described in division (C)(2) of this section, the date when that course was successfully completed, and the name of the organization that offered the course;

(6) Informs all of the employees of the location of the automated external defibrillator within the hotel or SRO facility;

(7) Maintains and tests the automated external defibrillator according to the manufacturer's guidelines;

(8) Maintains all of the following records at the hotel or SRO facility:

(a) The record described in division (C)(5) of this section;

(b) A record of the name of each employee who has successfully completed the course described in division (C)(2) of this section and is present at the hotel or SRO facility for at least one day a week;

(c) A record of the date when the owner of the hotel or SRO facility informed all of the employees of the location of the automated external defibrillator within the hotel or facility;

(d) A record of the dates when the automated external defibrillator was maintained or tested as provided in division (C)(7) of this section;

(e) A record of the dates when the automated external defibrillator was repaired due to any malfunction and the nature of the malfunction.

Section 2.  (A) As used in this section:

(1) "Automated external defibrillator" has the same meaning as in section 3731.25 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Hotel" and "SRO facility" have the same meanings as in section 3731.01 of the Revised Code.

(B) It is not the intent of the General Assembly in enacting section 3731.25 of the Revised Code to require hotels and SRO facilities to place automated external defibrillators on their premises. It is the intent of the General Assembly in enacting section 3731.25 of the Revised Code to encourage and increase the use of automated external defibrillators in hotels and SRO facilities to promote public safety.