Bill Text: CA SB287 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Automated external defibrillators (AEDs).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 449, Statutes of 2015. [SB287 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB287-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 287	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  449
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 2, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 2, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 16, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 8, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 23, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hueso

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2015

   An act to add Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 19300) to Part 3
of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to automated
external defibrillators.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 287, Hueso. Automated external defibrillators (AEDs).
   Existing law requires any person or entity that supplies an AED,
which means an automated or automatic external defibrillator (AED),
to notify an agent of the local emergency medical services agency of
the existence, location, and type of AED acquired and to provide the
acquirer of the AED with all information governing the use,
installation, operation, training, and maintenance of the AED.
Existing law provides that any person or entity that acquires an AED
is not liable for civil damages resulting from any acts or omissions
in the rendering of emergency care, except as provided, if certain
conditions are met, including, but not limited to, that the AED is
checked for readiness after each use and at least every 30 days if
the AED has not been used in the preceding 30 days. Existing law also
provides that a person or entity that provides AED training to a
person who renders emergency care is not liable for any civil
damages, as specified.
   This bill would require certain occupied structures that are not
owned or operated by any local government entity and are constructed
on or after January 1, 2017, to have an AED on the premises. The bill
would require a person or entity that supplies an AED to comply with
specified existing law regarding AEDs, and would exempt a person or
entity that acquires an AED for emergency care from liability for
civil damages resulting from any acts or omissions in the rendering
of emergency care if certain requirements have been met. The bill
would make these provisions operative on January 1, 2017.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 19300) is added to
Part 3 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 3.  AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS


   19300.  (a) This chapter applies to all of the following
structures, as defined in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 301.1)
of Part 2, the California Building Code, of Title 24, the California
Building Standards Code, of the California Code of Regulations, that
are constructed on or after January 1, 2017:
   (1) Group A assembly buildings with an occupancy of greater than
300.
   (2) Group B business buildings with an occupancy of 200 or more.
   (3) Group E educational buildings with an occupancy of 200 or
more.
   (4) Group F factory buildings with an occupancy of 200 or more.
   (5) Group I institutional buildings with an occupancy of 200 or
more.
   (6) Group M mercantile buildings with an occupancy of 200 or more.

   (7) Group R residential buildings with an occupancy of 200 or
more, excluding single-family and multifamily dwelling units.
   (b) A structure described in subdivision (a) that is an occupied
structure shall have an automated external defibrillator (AED) on the
premises subject to the requirements in Section 1797.196. A person
or entity that acquires an AED for emergency care pursuant to this
section shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from any
acts or omissions in the rendering of the emergency care by use of an
AED if that person or entity has complied with subdivision (b) of
Section 1797.196.
   (c) (1) This chapter shall not apply to a structure in subdivision
(a) that is owned or operated by any local government entity.
   (2) This chapter shall not apply to a health facility licensed
under subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250 of the Health
and Safety Code.
   (d) This chapter shall not be construed to apply to a structure
that is vacant or under construction or renovation.
   (e) This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 2017.