Alabama AED Laws and Legislation
Find out more about Alabama AED laws and pending Alabama AED legislation. Learn what legislators in Alabama are doing to mandate state requirements for the placement of AEDs, including laws to protect organizations that purchase an AED.
An AED Law can empower individuals to train and be prepared to use an automated external defibrillator to save lives. Good Samaritan laws can protect those who use an AED to help a victim. State AED laws that mandate AED installation in proportion to the population of a public facility could increase survival rates.
Research shows that the availability of an automated external defibrillator (AED) in schools, hotels, recreation and sports facilities, assisted living communities, public buildings, high rises, businesses, and communities, dramatically increases the survival rate for a victim of sudden cardiac arrest.
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AED laws in this state. This information is updated continuously.
| Bill No. | Effective Date | Sponsor | Summary | Public Law Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR 505 | Representative Charles Newton | Automated External Defibrillators, manufacturers requested to establish program to register | ||
| SJR 131 | Senator Linda Coleman | Food and Drug Administration urged to adopt guidelines concerning substitutions of anti-epilepsy medications. Senate joint resolution urging the food and drug administration to enact guidelines concerning substitutions of anti-epilepsy medications. | ||
| HB 355 | Representative Merika Coleman | Public establishments, certain, automated external defibrillator required, Health Department to administer and enforce. An Act to Require a public establishment that serves or admits more than 1,000 people in a period of one month to acquire an automated external defibrillator; and provide for administration and enforcement. Under existing law, the use of automated external defibrillators is regulated and a person who acquires one must notify the local emergency communication center or dispatch center of the type and location of the automated external defibrillator. This bill would require any person who owns or operates a public establishment that serves or admits over 1,000 people in... | ||
| HB 682 | Representative Merika Coleman | Public establishments, certain, automated external defibrillator required, Health Department to administer and enforce. An Act to Require a public establishment that serves or admits more than 1,000 people in a period of one month to acquire an automated external defibrillator; and provide for administration and enforcement. Under existing law, the use of automated external defibrillators is regulated and a person who acquires one must notify the local emergency communication center or dispatch center of the type and location of the automated external defibrillator. This bill would require any person who owns or operates a public establishment that serves or admits over 1,000 people in... | ||
| HJR 504 | Newton | Automated external defibrillators, Alabama Council of Emergency Medical Services and Alabama Chapter of the American Heart Association, requested to contact manufacturers to establish program to register | 2003-296 | |
| HB 510 | 09/01/2011 | Representative Terri Collins | Good Samaritan Law, civil immunity granted to certain persons for emergency care at an accident or emergency, Sec. 6-5-332 am'd. An Act to Amend Section 6-5-332 of the Code of Alabama 1975, the Good Samaritan Law, to provide civil immunity to any person, who, in good faith and without compensation, participates in emergency response activities. Under existing law, certain persons who render assistance at the scene of an accident or emergency situation are in certain circumstances granted civil immunity for their actions. This bill would provide civil immunity to any person, who, in good faith and without compensation, participates in emergency response activities. | 2011-579 |
| SB 306 | 05/15/2009 | Senator Tom Butler | Automated external defibrillator, placement in each public school required, Education Department to administer. An Act to Require that an automated external defibrillator be placed in each public K-12 school in Alabama; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. This bill would require that an automated external defibrillator be placed in each public K-12 school in Alabama. Amendment 621 of the Constitution of... | 2009-754 |
| HB 68 | 05/01/2006 | Representative Randy Wood | Good Samaritan Law, certain licensed engineers, architects, land surveyors, contractors, and subcontractors who participate without compensation in emergency response activities granted civil immunity, Sec. 6-5-332 am'd. An Act To amend Section 6-5-332, Code of Alabama 1975, the Good Samaritan Law, to provide civil immunity to certain licensed engineers, architects, land surveyors, contractors, and subcontractors who, under the direction or supervision of an emergency agency, render emergency response activities without compensation. | 2006-104 |
