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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5749
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1760
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. PETIT, 22nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING LIABILITY FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL
OR PROFESSIONAL USE OF AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL
DEFIBRILLATORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That subsection (a) of section 52-557b of the general statutes be 1
amended to protect licensed physicians and other health care 2
providers who use automatic external defibrillators in the ordinary 3
course of their employment or practice from civil liability when the 4
automatic external defibrillator malfunctions. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To protect physicians and other health care providers who use
automatic external defibrillator in the ordinary course of their
employment or practice from civil liability when the automatic
external defibrillator malfunctions.