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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319)
SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103)
Chapter 140 - EMERGENCY SERVICES (§§ 68-140-101 — 68-140-604)
Part 4 - AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (§§ 68-140-401 — 68-140-409)
Section 68-140-402 - Part definitions
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TN Code § 68-140-402 (2023)
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As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
- (1) "AED" or "defibrillator" means an automated external defibrillator; and
- (2) "Automated external defibrillator (AED)" means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:
- (A) Has received approval of its premarket notification, filed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 360(R), 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.
Acts 1998, ch. 963, § 3; T.C.A. §§ 68-140-710; T.C.A., § 68-140-702.
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