Automated External Defibrillators; Definitions.

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35-26-101. Automated external defibrillators; definitions.

(a) As used in this article:

(i) "Automated external defibrillator (AED)" means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:

(A) Has received approval of its premarket notification filed pursuant to U.S. Code, title 21, section 360(k) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration;

(B) Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia, and is capable of determining, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed; and

(C) Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and delivers, or requests delivery of, an electrical impulse to an individual's heart.


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