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Law Number

Iowa Code 613.17(2)

Summary Title

Liability: Use of an AED

Summary

An individual who acquires, provides, uses, or supervises the use of an AED will not be held legally responsible for acting or failing to act.

Full Title

Emergency assistance in an accident

Full Text

2. The following persons or entities, while acting reasonably and in good faith, who render emergency care or assistance relating to the preparation for and response to a sudden cardiac arrest emergency, shall not be liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions arising out of the use of an automated external defibrillator, whether occurring at the place of an emergency or accident or while such persons are in transit to or from the emergency or accident or while such persons are at or being moved to or from an emergency shelter: a. A person or entity that acquires an automated external defibrillator. b. A person or entity that owns, manages, or is otherwise responsible for the premises on which an automated external defibrillator is located if the person or entity maintains the automated external defibrillator in a condition for immediate and effective use at all times, subject to standards developed by the department of public health by rule. c. A person who retrieves an automated external defibrillator in response to a perceived sudden cardiac arrest emergency. d. A person who uses, attempts to use, or fails to use an automated external defibrillator in response to a perceived sudden cardiac arrest emergency. e. A person or entity that provides instruction in the use of an automated external defibrillator.

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