Proposed California AED Regs

[dzmohr]

Not sure if this should go here or in the equipment section, so please don't yell if I am doing it wrong.

California is drafting new AED regulations. Some are "interesting" in a California kind of way. If you would like to read the latest draft and their final copy here is a link:

Link to California AED proposed regs and comments

There is also a link to allow you to comment to the EMS Authority, but public comment section ends on 1/4/08.

If this is in the wrong section please feel free to move it.

[brentoli]

Links won't open

[JPINFV]

So California is requiring all fitness centers to have AEDs as well as having x amount of employees trained to use them. Most of the bill itself looks to be more semantics/clarifications than actual changes (for example, changing the fitness center's emergency response system to an emergency response plan as well as requiring a medical director instead of a prescribing physician). Unless I missed something from when I read over it last night, it really doesn't look to be affecting ambulance operations very much, if at all.

[VentMedic]

Anybody look at their own state's legislation and proposals concerning AEDs lately?

State Laws on Heart Attacks, Cardiac Arrest & Defibrillators

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/aed.htm

You can also find new EMS legislation on that web site.

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/ems.htm