North Carolina State AED Law

Summary of Requirements
	Physician	A physician licensed in North Carolina needed for prescription.
	CPR/AED Training	The person responsible for the site where the AED is located must provide a program of training to be eligible for immunity.
	EMS Notification	In order to enhance public health and safety, a seller of an AED shall notify the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Facilities Services, Office of EMS of the existence, location, and type of AED.
	Maintenance Program	No Current Legislation
	Notification of Use	No Current Legislation

Good Samaritan Protection
Rescuer	Purchaser	Property Owner	Physician	Trainer
	No Current Legislation
Any person, including a volunteer medical or health care provider at a facility of a local health department as defined in G.S. 130A-2 or at a nonprofit community health center or a volunteer member of a rescue squad, who receives no compensation for his services as an emergency medical care provider, who renders first aid or emergency health care treatment to a person who is unconscious, ill or injured, When the reasonably apparent circumstances require prompt decisions and actions in medical or other health care, and When the necessity of immediate health care treatment is so reasonably apparent that any delay in the rendering of the treatment would seriously worsen the physical condition or endanger the life of the person, shall not be liable for damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the person or for damages for the death of the person alleged to have occurred by reason of an act or omission in the rendering of the treatment unless it is established that the injuries were or the death was caused by gross negligence, wanton conduct or intentional wrongdoing on the part of the person rendering the treatment. The limited immunity conferred in this section applies to any person who provides medical care in an emergency situation, whether or not the person is trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) or other medical device, or has training in health care, so long as the person receives no compensation for the person’s services and otherwise meets the requirements of this section. The person who provides the cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training to a person using an automated external defibrillator, the person responsible for the site where the automated external defibrillator is located when the person has provided for a program of training, and a North Carolina licensed physician writing a prescription without compensation for an automated external defibrillator whether or not required by any federal or state law, shall be immune from civil liability arising from the use of an automated external defibrillator used in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.

Laws / Legislation
Reference	Date	Summary
HB 914	2012	Requires that AEDs are places in all government buildings and training is provided for state employees working within the buildings.
HB 1433	2009	Clarifies immunity for volunteers using automated external defibrillators in emergency situations.
SB 118	2001	A bill stating that using an automated external defibrillator is not considered practicing medicine or surgery.
SB 1269	1999	Establishes Good Samaritan protection for AED use.

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