Hawaii AED Laws and Legislation
Find out more about Hawaii AED laws and pending Hawaii AED legislation. Learn what legislators in Hawaii 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1346 | Representative Kymberly Pine | Relating to torts. Exempts department of education employees from liability from ceasing activities between students that are reasonably believed to cause bodily injury or harm to one or more students. | ||
| HB 1919 | Representative Marilyn B. Lee | Relating to automated external defibrillators. Requires at least one properly functioning automated external defibrillator in a clearly visible, well-marked location at every middle school, high school, college, and university campus beginning with the 2012-2013 school year and at every elementary school campus in the state beginning with the 2014-2015 school year. | ||
| SB 2095 | Senator Michelle Kidani | Relating to automated external defibrillators. Requires at least one properly functioning automated external defibrillator in a clearly visible, well-marked location at every middle school, high school, college, and university campus beginning with the 2012-2013 school year and at every elementary school campus in the state beginning with the 2014-2015 school year. | ||
| SB 727 | Senator Carol Fukunaga | Relating to automated external defibrillators. Specifies that any person who provides for an automated external defibrillator training program is generally immune from vicarious civil liability resulting from any act or omission of a good samaritan attempting to use the device to resuscitate a person. | ||
| SB 1675 | Senator David Y. Ige | Relating to automated external defibrillators. Abolishes requirement that automated external defibrillator program be administered by physician to be immune from tort liability under certain circumstances. (cd1). | 091 | |
| SB 1142 | 06/25/2009 | Senator Joshua B Green | Relating to physician assistants. Authorizes physician assistants to sign certain documents; to provide emergency medical care without supervision; to administer immunizations; to prescribe medications for patients suffering from human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome without preauthorization; limits liability of physician assistants under good samaritan laws. (cd1). | 151 |
| HB 1537 | 04/23/2009 | Representative Tom Brower | Relating to automated external defibrillators. Specifies that any person who provides for an automated external defibrillator training program is generally immune from vicarious civil liability resulting from any act or omission of a good samaritan attempting to use the device to resuscitate a person. (hb1537 hd1). | 017 |
| HB 1991 | 07/31/2004 | KAWAKAMI | Relating to automatic external defibrillators. Provides immunity from liability for those who administer free aed programs; provides immunity for any person responsible for the site where an aed is located; clarifies that immunity for aed-trained individuals applies to any aed device, regardless of its location. (sd1). | 191 |
