Rhode Island AED Laws and Legislation
Find out more about Rhode Island AED laws and pending Rhode Island AED legislation. Learn what legislators in Rhode Island 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 2763 | Senator James E. Doyle | An act relating to courts and civil procedure -- procedure generally -- causes of action (would provide that no person who gratuitously renders emergency assistance in the nature of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automated external defibrillation to a person in need thereof). This act would provide that no person who gratuitously renders emergency assistance in the nature of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automated external defibrillation to a person in need thereof, would be liable for civil damages for any personal injuries which result from acts or omissions by such persons rendering the emergency care, which may constitute ordinary negligence. This act would take effect upon passage. | ||
| HB 5325 | Representative Edith H. Ajello | An act relating to courts and civil procedure -- procedure generally -- causes of action. This act would provide that no person who gratuitously renders emergency assistance in the nature of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automated external defibrillation to a person in need thereof, would be liable for civil damages for any personal injuries which result from acts or omissions by such persons rendering the emergency care, which may constitute ordinary negligence. This act would take effect upon passage. | ||
| HB 7289 | Representative Edith H. Ajello | An act relating to courts and civil procedure -- procedure generally -- causes of action (no person who gratuitously renders emergency assistance in cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automated external defibrillation to a person in need, be liable for civil damages for any personal injuries which result from acts or omissions). This act would provide that no person who gratuitously renders emergency assistance in the nature of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automated external defibrillation to a person in need thereof, would be liable for civil damages for any personal injuries which result from acts or omissions by such persons rendering the emergency care, which may constitute... | ||
| HB 7154 | Representative Peter John Petrarca | An act relating to education -- health and safety of pupils (would mandate that all public and private elementary and secondary schools in the state shall have functional automatic external defibrillators on school grounds at all times). This act would mandate that all public and private elementary and secondary schools in the state shall have functional automatic external defibrillators on school grounds at all times. This act would take effect at the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year. | ||
| SB 907 | Senator James E. Doyle | An act relating to courts and civil procedure -- procedure generally -- causes of action. This act would provide that no person who gratuitously renders emergency assistance in the nature of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automated external defibrillation to a person in need thereof, would be liable for civil damages for any personal injuries which result from acts or omissions by such persons rendering the emergency care, which may constitute ordinary negligence. This act would take effect upon passage. | ||
| SR 883 | Senator Elizabeth A Crowley | Senate resolution congratulating kathleen luther of central falls high school on being named athletic director of the year by the rhode island interscholastic athletic administrators association. | ||
| SR 84 | Senator V. Susan Sosnowski | Senate resolution congratulating south kingstown's ems department for becoming a "heartsafe community". | ||
| HB 6470 | 07/07/2007 | Representative Bruce J. Long | An act relating to businesses and professions - health clubs (exempt certain small, key pass health clubs from the requirement to provide defibrillators at health club facilities). This act would exempt certain small, key pass health clubs from the requirement to provide employees trained in the operation of defibrillators at health club facilities. This act would take effect upon passage. | |
| HB 7156 | 07/07/2004 | Representative Joseph M. McNamara | An act relating to health - defibrillators. | 453 |
| SB 2948 | 07/07/2004 | Polisena | An act relating to businesses and professions -- health clubs. | 453 |
