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      SENATE BILL 09-010
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Spence, Boyd, Foster, Gibbs, Groff, Kester, Mitchell,
      Morse, Newell, Penry, Schwartz, Shaffer B., Tochtrop, White, Williams;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Primavera, Acree, Baumgardner, Casso,
      Gardner C., Gerou, Green, Kefalas, Kerr J., Liston, Priola, Ryden,
      Schafer S., Stephens, Todd, Vigil.
      
      
      Concerning encouraging the use of automated external
           defibrillators.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  13-21-108.1 (3) (a) (III), (3) (a) (IV), (3) (a) (V), (4)
      (b), and (4) (c), Colorado Revised Statutes, are amended to read:
      
           13-21-108.1.  Persons rendering emergency assistance through
      the use of automated external defibrillators - limited immunity. 
      (3) (a)  In order to ensure public health and safety, a person or entity who
      acquires an AED shall ensure that:
      
           (III)  There is involvement of a licensed physician in the program at
      the site of the AED to ensure compliance with requirements for training,
      notification, and maintenance;
      
           (IV)  There are Written plans are in place concerning the placement
      of AEDs, training of personnel, pre-planned coordination with the
      emergency medical services system, medical oversight, AED maintenance,
      identification of personnel authorized to use AEDs, and reporting of AED
      utilization, which written plans have been reviewed and approved by a
      licensed physician; and
      
           (V)  Any person who renders emergency care or treatment to a
      person in cardiac arrest by using an AED activates the emergency medical
      services system as soon as possible. and reports any clinical use of the AED
      to the licensed physician affiliated with the program.
      
           (4) (b)  The limited immunity provided in paragraph (a) of this
      subsection (4) extends to:
      
           (I)  The licensed physician who is involved with AED site placement
      reviewed and approved the written plans described in
      subparagraph (IV) of paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this
      section;
      
           (II)  The person or entity who provides the CPR and AED site
      placement;
      
           (III)  Any person or entity that provides teaching or training
      programs for CPR to the site at which the AED is placed, which
      programs include training in the use of an AED; and
      
           (IV)  The person or entity responsible for the site where the AED is
      located.
      
           (c)  The limited immunity provided in this subsection (4) applies
      only if regardless of whether the requirements of subsection (3) of this
      section are met; except that the person or entity responsible for the
      site where the AED is located shall receive the limited immunity
      only if the requirements of subparagraph (II) of paragraph (a) of
      subsection (3) of this section are met.
      
           SECTION 2.  22-1-125 (5), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
      to read:
      
           22-1-125.  Automated external defibrillators in public schools. 
      (5)  To ensure public health and safety, a school district that acquires an
      automated external defibrillator shall meet the training, maintenance,
      inspection, and physician involvement requirements set forth in section
      13-21-108.1 (3), C.R.S., and shall reference the requirements of that section
      in the school district's safety, readiness, and incident management plan
      pursuant to section 22-32-109.1 (4) (d).
      
           SECTION 3.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Peter C. Groff                    Terrance D. Carroll
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Karen Goldman                          Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    Bill Ritter, Jr.
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO