68-140-702 - Part definitions. - Tennessee Statutes

68-140-702. Part definitions.

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.]