Emergency medical services: defibrillators.

Existing law authorizes the Emergency Medical Services Authority to establish minimum training and other standards for the use of automatic external defibrillators (AED) and requires persons or entities that acquire the AEDs to comply with maintenance, testing, and training requirements, which are scheduled to change on January 1, 2013. Existing law sets forth tenant notice and other requirements for building owners in which an AED is placed. This bill would repeal those provisions. Existing law provides any person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency care or treatment by the use of an AED at the scene of an emergency is not liable for any civil damages resulting from any acts or omissions in rendering the emergency care. Under existing law a person or entity that acquires an AED for emergency use pursuant to that provision is not liable for any civil damages resulting from any acts or omissions in the rendering of the emergency care by use of an AED, if that person or entity has complied with the above-specified provisions of law. This bill would delete the requirement that persons comply with those provisions that would be repealed by this bill. The bill would also make related legislative findings and declarations.