Kentucky State AED Law

Requires high schools to include CPR training in the health education curriculum. Provides a waiver from CPR training for students with disabilities or who are physically unable to perform the skill. Clarifies that high schools are not required to have an AED on the premises.

Outlines AED requirements for dental offices.

Requires high school coaches to be trained in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation and in the use of automated external defibrillators;
requires automated external defibrillators be on-site for every high
school practice, athletic activity or sporting event.

An Act pertaining to public and private preschools, elementary schools,
secondary schools and athletic buildings, athletic rooms, gymnasiums,
swimming pools, athletic fields, etc. and requiring that each entity
have at least one USFDA approved automated external defibrillator in
each building used by students for learning or athletic-related events.

Defines: Automated External Defibrillator, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, and Emergency Medical Services/System.

Establishes guidelines for AED programs and provides for immunity for
use of an automated external defibrillator. The Act also requires that
any person or business that acquires an AED shall make sure that the
American Heart Association, American Red Cross or other nationally
recognized organizations, trains anyone who may use the AED in CPR and
AED use.

It is the intent of the legislature that an automated external defibrillator may be used for the purpose of saving the life of another person in cardiac arrest when used in accordance with the provisions of KRS 311.667.