Florida Senate - 2011                                    SB 1872
       
       
       
       By Senator Smith
       
       
       
       
       29-01231-11                                           20111872__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to retail sales establishments;
    3         creating s. 501.1425, F.S.; encouraging retail sales
    4         establishments to have a functioning automated
    5         external defibrillator; requiring training,
    6         maintenance, and location registration; providing
    7         immunity from liability under the Good Samaritan Act
    8         and the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; authorizing the
    9         Department of Business and Professional Regulation to
   10         adopt rules; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 501.1425, Florida Statutes, is created
   15  to read:
   16         501.1425 Defibrillators in retail sales establishments.—
   17         (1) Each retail sales establishment is encouraged to have
   18  on the premises at all times a functioning automated external
   19  defibrillator.
   20         (2) Retail sales establishments that provide automated
   21  external defibrillators shall ensure that employees and
   22  volunteers are properly trained in accordance with s. 401.2915.
   23         (3) The location of each automated external defibrillator
   24  shall be registered with a local emergency medical services
   25  medical director.
   26         (4) The use of automated external defibrillators by
   27  employees and volunteers shall be covered under the provisions
   28  of ss. 768.13 and 768.1325.
   29         (5) The Department of Business and Professional Regulation
   30  may adopt rules to implement this section.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.