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Delaware State AED Law
SCR 34 2010
A resolution proclaiming June 1-7, 2010 as National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Awareness week in Delaware.
SCR 18 2009
A resolution proclaiming June 1-7, 2009 as CPR-AED Awareness Week.
HCR 59 2008
A resolution proclaiming June 1-7, 2008 as CPR-AED Awareness Week.
SCR 20 2007
A resolution asking the Delaware Department of Education to study the feasibility of requiring mandatory CPR/AED training classes in high school.
HB 332 1999
Requires the Department of Health & Human Services to coordinate a statewide effort to promote and implement automated external defibrillators and to train users.
Title 16 Chapt. 30c
Encourages greater acquisition, deployment and use of automated external defibrillators in communities within the State and provides Good Samaritan protection. Also states that the AEDs are maintained and tested according to the manufacturer’s standards, and that the person who provides the emergency care notifies emergency medical service units as soon as possible after treatment begins and that the use of the AED is reported to a licensed physician or other medical authority.
Requirements
Physician
Prescription required for purchase of an AED.
CPR/AED Training
Each prospective automated external defibrillator user must receive appropriate training by the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, Delaware State Fire School or by another nationally recognized provider of training for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and AED use; provided however, that such training shall be approved by the State EMS Medical Director.
Maintenance Program
The AED must be maintained and tested according to the manufacturer's guidelines on a regularly scheduled basis.
Notification of Use
Any person who renders emergency care or treatment on a person in sudden cardiac arrest by using an AED shall notify the appropriate EMS units as soon as possible and report any clinical use of the AED to the appropriate licensed physician or medical authority.
Good Samaritan Protection
Rescuer, Purchaser, Property Owner, Physician, Trainer
Any person or entity, who in good faith and without compensation, renders emergency care or treatment by the use of an AED shall be immune from civil liability for any personal injury as a result of such care or treatment, or as a result of any act or failure to act in providing or arranging further medical treatment, if such person acts as an ordinary, reasonably prudent person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances and such act or acts do not amount to willful or wanton misconduct or gross negligence.
Any individual who authorizes the purchase of an AED, any person or entity who provides training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an AED, and any person or entity responsible for the site where the AED is located shall be immune from civil liability for any personal injury that results from any act or omission that does not amount to wilful or wanton misconduct or gross negligence.The information posted on our website is not intended as legal advice and may contain inaccurate or incomplete information. We encourage you to contact your state representative should you require more information.
