Automated external defibrillators.

Existing law authorizes the Emergency Medical Services Authority to establish minimum training and other standards for the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and generally provides immunity from civil damages in connection with AEDs. Existing law 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, until January 1, 2013, sets forth tenant notice and other requirements for owners of buildings in which an AED is placed. This bill would extend the January 1, 2013, termination date of these provisions to January 1, 2018. Existing law requires that an AED be checked for readiness at least once every 30 days if the AED has not been used in the preceding 30 days. This bill would instead require that an AED be checked for readiness at least once every 90 days if the AED has not been used in the preceding 90 days.