South Carolina AED Laws and Legislation
Find out more about South Carolina AED laws and pending South Carolina AED legislation. Learn what legislators in South Carolina 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 3978 | Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter | A bill to amend section 59-17-155, code of laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the requirement that each school district implement an automated external defibrillator (aed) program for each high school in the district, so as to require biannual emergency aed practice exercises on school grounds, to require each high school to obtain and designate an aed for training purposes, and to provide the requirements for the training program. | ||
| HCR 4778 | Representative Liston Douglas Barfield | A concurrent resolution to congratulate pam allsbrook, lead float nurse for the horry county schools, on being named South Carolina school nurse of the year. | ||
| HB 3723 | 06/17/2008 | Representative Denny Woodall Neilson | An act to amend the code of laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding section 59-17-155 so as to require, subject to appropriations by the general assembly, each school district in this state to develop and implement an automated external defibrillator program for each high school in the district which requires that such a defibrillator is provided on the grounds of each high school, that district employees and volunteers reasonably expected to use the device, as determined by the district superintendent or the superintendent's designee, are trained in its use, and that these devices are periodically inspected and maintained, to provide the district shall define the program and the manner... | 278 |
| SB 71 | 05/14/2008 | Senator W. Greg Ryberg | An act to amend section 44-76-40, code of laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to immunity from civil liability for persons administering, using, acquiring, or prescribing an automated external defibrillator (aed), so as to provide immunity for persons providing training for cardiopulmonary resuscitation that includes training in the use of an aed under certain circumstances; to amend section 44-32-50, relating to body piercing technician requirements, so as to allow other suitable certifications in place of the red cross first aid certification requirement; and to amend section 44-76-30, relating to training and use of an aed, so as to allow other suitable methods of training by... | 206 |