Alaska State AED Law

Summary of Requirements
	Physician	Prescription required upon the purchase of an automated external defibrillator.
	CPR/AED Training	The owner of the AED must provide appropriate training in the use of the AED to an employee or agent of the person who acquires the device. “Appropriate training” means that the individual has completed an automated external defibrillator training course from the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or another AED training course approved by the Department of Health and Social Services.
	EMS Notification	Must notify the local emergency medical response authority or other appropriate entity of the most recent placement of the AED device within 30 days following placement of the device. Must provide, within a reasonable proximity to the AED’s usual location, a means of notifying the local emergency medical response authority that an emergency exists in the event that a medical emergency occurs where the device is used.
	Maintenance Program	Owner must properly maintain and test the automated external defibrillator on a regularly scheduled basis.
	Notification of Use	No Current Legislation

Good Samaritan Protection
Rescuer	Purchaser	Property Owner	Physician	Trainer
		No Current Legislation	No Current Legislation	No Current Legislation
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: Section 1. AS 09.65 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 09.65.087. Civil liability for use of an automated external defibrillator. (a) A person who uses or attempts to use an automated external defibrillator device on a victim of a perceived medical emergency is not liable for civil damages resulting from the use or attempted use of the device. This subsection does not apply to civil damages resulting from a failure to notify the appropriate emergency medical services agency. (b) A person who acquires or provides an automated external defibrillator device for use on a victim of a perceived medical emergency is not liable for civil damages resulting from the use or attempted use of the device. This subsection does not apply to civil damages resulting from the failure of the person who acquires or provides the device to (1) notify the local emergency medical response authority or other appropriate entity of the most recent placement of the device within 30 days following placement of the device; (2) properly maintain and test the device; (3) provide, within a reasonable proximity to the device’s usual location, a means of notifying the local emergency medical response authority that an emergency exists in the event that a medical emergency occurs where the device is used; or (4) provide appropriate training in the use of the device to an employee or agent of the person who acquires the device when the employee or agent was the person who used the device on the victim; this paragraph does not apply and immunity is provided under this subsection if (A) the employee or agent who used the device on the victim was not an employee or agent who would have been reasonably expected to use the device; (B) the period of time elapsing between hiring the person as an employee or agent and the occurrence of the harm, or between the acquisition of the device and the occurrence of the harm, in any case in which the device was acquired after hiring the employee or agent was not in excess of six months; (C) the device was intended for and placed in a location where the person or entity would not regularly have an employee or agent present; or (D) the device was placed in a location that provided public access to the device by persons who volunteer to use the device and are not employees or agents of the person who acquires or provides the device. (c) In this section, “appropriate training” means that the individual has completed an automated external defibrillator training course from the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or another automated external defibrillator training course approved by the Department of Health and Social Services.

Laws / Legislation
Reference	Date	Summary
7 AAC 26.585	2014	Outlines regulations for approved AED training programs.
SB 160	2003	This bill expands immunity protection for AED users but does not protect users from civil liability if an emergency medical services agency is not notified as soon as possible during the medical emergency treatment. Furthermore, after an AED has been purchased, the owner must: notify, within 30 days of placement of the AED, the local emergency medical response team that such a device has been purchased and placed; make sure the device is properly maintained and regularly tested; provide a way for the user of the AED unit to notify the emergency medical response team near the location of the AED unit; provide training on the use of the AED to employees who may have occasion to administer aid using the device.
HB 395	1998	Establishes immunity protection for users of an AED at a hospital or any other location who provide aid to a injured or ill person from being liable for civil damages while providing emergency aid if it appears that the victim is in immediate need of help.

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