Recodified as § 7-2371.01.

History

Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-278, § 2, 48 DCR 1869

Mar. 6, 2007, D.C. Law 16-217, § 2(a), 53 DCR 10207

Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-362, § 2(a), 56 DCR 1211

Oct. 8, 2016, D.C. Law 21-160, § 3144(a)

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 17-362 added pars. (3) and (4).

“(3) Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to an individual’s heart.”

“(2) Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia, and determining, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed; and

“(1) Has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration of its premarket notification filed pursuant to section 510(k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, approved October 10, 1962 (76 Stat. 794; 21 U.S.C. 360(k));

“For the purposes of this chapter, the term ‘automated external defibrillator’ or ‘AED’ or ‘defibrillator’ means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:

D.C. Law 16-217 rewrote this section, which formerly read: