Florida law: West's F.S.A. § 401.2915
Statute: West's F.S.A. § 401.2915
Law Type: Recommendations
Status: Enacted
Summary:
The law provides recommendations for those entities that acquire AEDS. All persons who use an AED are encouraged to obtain appropriate training. Any person or entity in possession of an AED is encouraged to notify the local emergency medical services medical director or the local public safety answering point of the location of the automated external defibrillator. Any person who uses an AED shall activate the emergency medical services system as soon as possible upon use of the automated external defibrillator. It is a criminal offense to intentionally tamper with an AED to render it inoperative. Also, obliterating the serial number on an AED for purposes of falsifying service records is a criminal offense.
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