Delaware State AED Law

Summary of Requirements
	Physician	Prescription required for purchase of an AED.
	CPR/AED Training	Each prospective automated external defibrillator user must receive appropriate training by the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, Delaware State Fire School or by another nationally recognized provider of training for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and AED use; provided however, that such training shall be approved by the State EMS Medical Director.
	EMS Notification	No Current Legislation
	Maintenance Program	The AED must be maintained and tested according to the manufacturer’s guidelines on a regularly scheduled basis.
	Notification of Use	Any person who renders emergency care or treatment on a person in sudden cardiac arrest by using an AED shall notify the appropriate EMS units as soon as possible and report any clinical use of the AED to the appropriate licensed physician or medical authority.

Good Samaritan Protection
Rescuer	Purchaser	Property Owner	Physician	Trainer

Any person or entity, who in good faith and without compensation, renders emergency care or treatment by the use of an AED shall be immune from civil liability for any personal injury as a result of such care or treatment, or as a result of any act or failure to act in providing or arranging further medical treatment, if such person acts as an ordinary, reasonably prudent person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances and such act or acts do not amount to willful or wanton misconduct or gross negligence. Any individual who authorizes the purchase of an AED, any person or entity who provides training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an AED, and any person or entity responsible for the site where the AED is located shall be immune from civil liability for any personal injury that results from any act or omission that does not amount to wilful or wanton misconduct or gross negligence.

Laws / Legislation
Reference	Date	Summary
SB 205	2014	Outlines procedures for dealing with Sudden Cardiac Arrest in student athletes. This legislation will be known as the Grace Firestone Act.
HB 249	2014	Requires Delaware students to learn CPR to be granted a high school diploma from a Delaware high school beginning with the Class of 2017.
SCR 30	2013	Grace Firestone Resolution – Recognizes Sudden Cardiac Arrest as a serious threat to student athletes in Delaware and encourages the state to work with the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) to explore Sudden Cardiac Arrest education initiatives and alternatives for saving lives such as setting standards for protecting student athletes exhibiting signs of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, and training coaches and officials of interscholastic athletes.
SCR 34	2010	A resolution proclaiming June 1-7, 2010 as National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Awareness week in Delaware.
SCR 18	2009	A resolution proclaiming June 1-7, 2009 as CPR-AED Awareness Week.
HCR 59	2008	A resolution proclaiming June 1-7, 2008 as CPR-AED Awareness Week.
SCR 20	2007	A resolution asking the Delaware Department of Education to study the feasibility of requiring mandatory CPR/AED training classes in high school.
HB 332	1999	Requires the Department of Health & Human Services to coordinate a statewide effort to promote and implement automated external defibrillators and to train users.
Title 16 Chapt 30c		Encourages greater acquisition, deployment and use of automated external defibrillators in communities within the State and provides Good Samaritan protection. Also states that the AEDs are maintained and tested according to the manufacturer’s standards, and that the person who provides the emergency care notifies emergency medical service units as soon as possible after treatment begins and that the use of the AED is reported to a licensed physician or other medical authority.

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