Tennessee § 68-140-403 - Use of AED devices — Training — Maintenance — Registration encouraged.

§ 68-140-403. Use of AED devices — Training — Maintenance — Registration encouraged.

In order to ensure public health and safety: A person or entity that acquires an automated external defibrillator (AED) shall ensure that: Expected defibrillator users receive American Heart Association CPR and AED or an equivalent nationally recognized course in defibrillator use and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; The defibrillator is maintained and tested according to the manufacturer's operational guidelines; and Any person who renders emergency care or treatment on a person in cardiac arrest by using an AED activates the emergency medical services system as soon as possible. Any person or entity that acquires an AED shall, within a reasonable time after the placement of an AED, register the existence and location of the defibrillator with the emergency communications district or the ambulance dispatch center of the primary provider of emergency medical services where the AED is to be located. Acts 1998, ch. 963, § 4; 2003, ch. 171, § 1; T.C.A., § 68-140-703 . Code Commission Notes. Former § 68-140-703 was transferred to § 68-140-403 by authority of the code commission in 2011. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2003, ch. 171, § 2 provided that no fee be charged to implement the provisions of the act. Acts 2003, ch. 171, § 3 provided that the act shall be known and may be cited as the “Doug Archer Act.” Cross-References. Good Samaritan Law, §§ 68-131-201 — 68-131-203 .