Virginia State AED Law

Summary of Requirements
	Physician	A licensed physician shall supervise the defibrillation program, including personnel training, local emergency medical services coordination, protocol approval, automated external defibrillator deployment strategies, and an equipment maintenance plan and records.
	CPR/AED Training	All operators of the automated external defibrillator shall be required to receive and successfully complete training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and in the use of automated external defibrillators in a course which has been approved by the Board of Health.
	EMS Notification	Must register AED with the Board of Health.
	Maintenance Program	The defibrillator shall be maintained and tested in compliance with the manufacturer’s operational guidelines and any Board regulations and written records of such maintenance and testing shall be kept.
	Notification of Use	No Current Legislation

Good Samaritan Protection
Rescuer	Purchaser	Property Owner	Physician	Trainer
		No Current Legislation
Any person who in good faith and without compensation, renders or administers emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiac defibrillation, including, but not limited to, the use of an automated external defibrillator, or other emergency life-sustaining or resuscitative treatments or procedures which have been approved by the State Board of Health to any sick or injured person, whether at the scene of a fire, an accident or any other place, or while transporting such person to or from any hospital, clinic, doctor’s office or other medical facility, shall be deemed qualified to administer such emergency treatments and procedures and shall not be liable for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such emergency resuscitative treatments or procedures. Any person who operates an automated external defibrillator at the scene of an emergency, trains individuals to be operators of automated external defibrillators, or orders automated external defibrillators, shall be immune from civil liability for any personal injury that results from any act or omission in the use of an automated external defibrillator in an emergency where the person performing the defibrillation acts as an ordinary, reasonably prudent person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances, unless such personal injury results from gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct of the person rendering such emergency care. Any licensed physician serving without compensation as a supervisor of an automated external defibrillator in this Commonwealth shall not be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from rendering medical advice in good faith to the owner of the automated external defibrillator relating to personnel training, local emergency medical services coordination, protocol approval, automated external defibrillator deployment strategies, and equipment maintenance plans and records unless such act or omission was the result of such physician’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Laws / Legislation
Reference	Date	Summary
SB 893	2013	States that persons rendering emergency care, including the use of an AED, cannot be held liable for damages when acting in good faith.
SB 986	2013	Allows school boards to require current certification or training in emergency first aid, CPR, and the use of AEDs for bus drivers; increases the number of staff required to have such training; and requires such training for those newly obtaining or renewing teacher licenses, with a waiver for teachers with disabilities. Requires that recipients of the standard and advanced diplomas must receive training in emergency first aid, CPR, and the use of AEDs beginning in the 2016-2017 school year. The bill allows each local school board to develop a plan for the placement, care, use, and funding of an AED in each school.
HB 1988	2013	Provides that a person who maintains an AED located on their property shall not be civilly liable for any personal injury resulting from the use of the AED in an emergency, unless such personal injury results from gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct of the person who maintains the AED or his agent or employee.
S 565	2012	Revises Good Samaritan protection.
HB 1294	2008	Provides that immunity under the statute extends to those providing care at a location for screening or stabilization in addition to the scene of the accident and en route to the hospital.
HB 2299	2005	Each school board shall ensure that, in high school buildings with an instructional and administrative staff of 10 or more, at least two employees have current certification in the operation of an AED or have received training within the last two years in the operation of an AED. In high school buildings with an instructional and administrative staff of fewer than 10, school boards shall ensure that at least one employee has such current certification or training.
HB 1860	2003	Eliminates the requirement for registration of automated external defibrillators by repealing § 32.1-111.14:1 and amends existing immunity provisions to be consistent with this deregulation of ownership and use of automated external defibrillators.
HB 1049	2000	Clarifies provisions for immunity and AED placement requirements.
HB 2097	1999	Establishes requirements for AED placement and provides for immunity protection.

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