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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 110
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 264
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. HASKELL, 26
th Dist.
REP. BERGER-GIRVALO, 111
th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING AN AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR IN
HEALTH CLUBS AND ATHLETIC FACILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) require each health club 1
and athletic facility to have an automatic external defibrillator on site 2
and at least one employee or volunteer with unexpired evidence of 3
completing a course in the use of an automatic external defibrillator and 4
in cardiopulmonary resuscitation on site during staffed business hours, 5
and (2) limit the liability of a health club and its employees from any 6
cause of action that may arise in connection with the use or nonuse of 7
an automatic external defibrillator unless there is a showing of gross 8
negligence or wilful or wanton misconduct. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To require health clubs and athletic facilities to provide and maintain
automatic external defibrillators.