Relates to permitting the possession of external defibrillators by a health care practitioner licensed or certified under title VIII of the education law or a person certified under this article acting within his or her lawful scope of practice or by a person acting pursuant to a lawful prescription.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6161
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 8, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the possession of
external defibrillators
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 3000-b of the
2 public health law, as amended by chapter 243 of the laws of 2010, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (a) No person may operate an automated external defibrillator unless
5 the person has successfully completed a training course in the operation
6 of an automated external defibrillator approved by a nationally-recog-
7 nized organization or the state emergency medical services council.
8 However, this section shall not prohibit the possession or operation of
9 an automated external defibrillator, (i) by a health care practitioner
10 licensed or certified under title VIII of the education law or a person
11 certified under this article acting within his or her lawful scope of
12 practice; (ii) by a person acting pursuant to a lawful prescription; or
13 (iii) by a person who operates the automated external defibrillator
14 other than as part of or incidental to his or her employment or regular
15 duties, who is acting in good faith, with reasonable care, and without
16 expectation of monetary compensation, to provide first aid that includes
17 operation of an automated external defibrillator; nor shall this section
18 limit any good samaritan protections provided in section three thou-
19 sand-a of this article.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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