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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Any public school or person who owns, operates, or manages a public place is encouraged to place functional AEDs in sufficient quantities to ensure reasonable availability for use during perceived sudden cardiac arrest emergencies.
(2) Any individual is permitted to retrieve or use an AED.
(3)(a) A public school or public place shall accept a donation of an AED that meets standards established by the federal food and drug administration and is in compliance with the manufacturer's maintenance schedule. A public school or public place shall also accept gifts, grants, and donations, including in-kind donations, designated for obtaining an AED, and for inspection, maintenance, and training in the use of an AED.
(b) If a public place accepts a donated AED pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section but the public place does not want to accept responsibility for AED training or installation or for ensuring the AED is in compliance with the manufacturer's maintenance schedule, the public place is not required to accept the AED unless the donating party agrees to be responsible for AED training, installation, and maintenance. The public place shall decide who will be trained, the frequency of training, and when the AED training and installation will take place. If the donating party has accepted responsibility for the maintenance of the AED but can no longer provide maintenance, the public place may either accept responsibility for the maintenance of the AED or remove the AED from the public place.
(c) A public school that receives a donated AED shall decide who will be trained, the frequency of training, and when the AED training will take place. An AED acquired by a public school must be appropriate for use on children and adults.
(4) On or before September 1, 2019, the department of public health and environment shall award a fifteen-thousand-dollar contract to a nonprofit organization for the purpose of acquiring and distributing AEDs to public places.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25. Health § 25-53-102. Placement of automated external defibrillator--donations--acquisitions--limited immunity - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-25-health/co-rev-st-sect-25-53-102/
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