Tennessee § 68-140-402 - Part definitions.
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§ 68-140-402. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “AED” or “defibrillator” means an automated external defibrillator; and “Automated external defibrillator (AED)” means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that: Has received approval of its premarket notification, filed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 360(R), from the United States food and drug administration; 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 Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to an individual’s heart. Acts 1998, ch. 963, § 3; T.C.A. §§ 68-140-710 ; T.C.A., § 68-140-702 . Code Commission Notes. Former § 68-140-702 was transferred to § 68-140-402 by authority of the code commission in 2011. Cross-References. Good Samaritan Law, §§ 68-131-201 — 68-131-203 .
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