2A:62A-24 - Definitions relative to acquisition, deployment, use of automated external defibrillators
2A:62A-24. Definitions relative to acquisition, deployment, use of automated external defibrillators
2.As used in this act:
"Automated external defibrillator" or "defibrillator" means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:
a.Has received approval of its pre-market notification filed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. s.360 (k) from the United States Food and Drug Administration;
b.Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia, and is capable of determining, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed; and
c.Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to an individual's heart.
L.1999,c.34,s.2.