Louisiana AED Laws

(6) Possess a current certificate in the American Heart Association cardiopulmonary resuscitation health care provider course, the American Red Cross Professional Rescue Course, or their equivalent.

(2) The applicant shall hold a degree in physical therapy from a school approved by the board and shall have completed a basic athletic training course, a first aid course as approved by the American Red Cross, a cardiopulmonary resuscitation course as approved by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, and a nutrition course, and the applicant shall have spent two years in association with an athletic team, show proficiency in acute athletic care, and have letters of recommendation from a physician and a licensed athletic trainer. (3) The applicant shall have completed, beyond the secondary school level, either as an undergraduate or graduate student, at least four years as an apprentice athletic trainer at a college or university under the direct supervision of an athletic trainer approved by the board. Three of the four years shall be consecutive years under such supervision, military duty excepted. An applicant…

Designates June 2-6, 2025, as CPR and AED Awareness Week in Louisiana and commends Caroline Ross, Layton Fontenot, and Hayes Kirkpatrick for their heroic acts and commitment to the well-being of others

Allows automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in high schools that participate in interscholastic athletics under certain circumstances (EG1 SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Requires CPR/AED training for coaches in Louisiana. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Requires an automated external defibrillator on the premises of all educational institutions and at sponsored athletic events. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Authorizes public school governing authorities to require at least one coach for each sport offered by a public school to be certified in CPR, first aid, and use of an automated external defibrillator

As used in this Part "automated external defibrillator" and "AED" mean a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:

In addition to the civil immunity provided to persons rendering emergency assistance as provided by law, including R.S. 9:2793, R.S. 37:1731, 1732, and 1735, and R.S. 40:1131.2, any prescribing advanced practice registered nurse or physician who authorizes the purchase of the AED, any physician or advanced practice registered nurse involved in the possessor's program, any individual or entity which provides training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and in the use of an AED, any purchaser of an AED, any person or entity who owns or who is responsible for the site or the private security patrol vehicle where an AED is located, and any expected user regularly on the premises or in the vehicle shall not be liable for any civil damages arising from any act or omission of acts related to the operation of or failure to operate an AED that do not amount to willful or wanton misconduct or gross…

There Is a Newer Version of the Louisiana Laws View Our Newest Version Here 2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 40:1236.13 — Persons in possession of aed\'s; training, testing, and notification requirements; manufacturer responsibility §1236.13. Persons in possession of AED's; training, testing, and notification requirements; manufacturer responsibility; possession required A. In order to ensure public health and safety, any person or entity that possesses an AED shall ensure that: (1) The AED is maintained and tested according to the manufacturer's guidelines. (3)(a) Expected AED users regularly, on the premises of a particular entity, such as a work site or users who carry an AED in a private security patrol vehicle, receive appropriate training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and in the use of an AED from any nationally recognized course in CPR and AED use. (b) For purposes of this Paragraph, "expected AED users" shall be any person designated by the possessor…

(7) "Life-sustaining procedure" means any medical procedure or intervention which, within reasonable medical judgment, would serve only to prolong the dying process of a qualified patient, including such procedures as the invasive administration of nutrition and hydration and the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation when the benefits of the procedure do not outweigh the burdens thereof. A "life-sustaining procedure" shall not include any measure deemed as comfort care. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Subpart, the administration of nutrition and hydration, whether orally or by invasive means, shall always occur except in the event another condition arises which is life-limiting and irreversible and in which nutrition and hydration by any means becomes a greater burden than benefit to the qualified patient. (f) A field titled "A. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): person has no pulse and is not breathing". This field shall provide an instruction which reads "check one" and shall further provide…

Section CLVII-509 - Automated External Defibrillators (

C. For purposes of this Section, rendering emergency care, first aid, or rescue shall include the use of an automated external defibrillator as defined by R.S. 40:1137.2

As used in this Subpart "automated external defibrillator" and "AED" mean a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:

As used in this Subpart "automated external defibrillator" and "AED" mean a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:

AA. The governing authority of each public school may require that at least one member of the coaching staff for each extracurricular sport offered by the school is certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, and the use of an automated external defibrillator.

(26) "Public safety telecommunicator" means an individual answering 911 emergency medical condition calls on behalf of a public safety agency who has authority, based on a protocol adopted by the agency, to provide telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) instructions to a caller before arrival of professional medical assistance by first responders.

A. The Legislature of Louisiana finds that each year more than three hundred fifty thousand Americans die from out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest. More than ninety-five percent of these Americans die, in many cases because a lifesaving defibrillator did not arrive at the scene of the emergency in time.

A. Beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, any high school employee who serves as a coach for the school shall obtain and maintain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, and automatic external defibrillator use. The certification shall be consistent with the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or other national evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. B. The provisions of R.S. 9:2793 shall apply to any coach who is certified pursuant to this Section and performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation or first aid or uses an automatic external defibrillator in his capacity as a school coach.

A. The Legislature of Louisiana finds that each year more than three hundred fifty thousand Americans die from out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest. More than ninety-five percent of these Americans die, in many cases because a lifesaving defibrillator did not arrive at the scene of the emergency in time.

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A.(1) A public safety telecommunicator shall be trained in telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) utilizing training that meets or exceeds nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular care guidelines adopted by the bureau every two years. At a minimum, this training shall incorporate recognition protocols for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, compression-only CPR instructions for callers, and continuing education as appropriate.

A. The Legislature of Louisiana finds that each year more than three hundred fifty thousand Americans die from out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest. More than ninety-five percent of these Americans die, in many cases because a lifesaving defibrillator did not arrive at the scene of the emergency in time.

(6) "Life-sustaining procedure" means any medical procedure or intervention which, within reasonable medical judgment, would serve only to prolong the dying process of a qualified patient, including such procedures as the invasive administration of nutrition and hydration and the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation when the benefits of the procedure do not outweigh the burdens thereof. A "life-sustaining procedure" shall not include any measure deemed as comfort care. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Subpart, the administration of nutrition and hydration, whether orally or by invasive means, shall always occur except in the event another condition arises which is life-limiting and irreversible and in which nutrition and hydration by any means becomes a greater burden than benefit to the qualified patient.

F. No public safety telecommunicator who instructs a caller on telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall be liable for any civil damages arising out of the instruction provided to the caller, except for acts or omissions intentionally designed to harm, or for grossly negligent acts or omissions that result in harm to an individual. A caller may decline to receive instruction on cardiopulmonary resuscitation. When a caller declines cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction the public safety telecommunicator has no obligation to provide the instruction. G. No public safety agency shall be liable for any civil damages for employing individuals to answer 911 emergency calls who are not designated as public safety telecommunicators. Individuals who are not public safety telecommunicators, as defined in R.S. 40:1131, shall not be required to complete the telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation training required by R.S. 40:1133.16 and shall have no obligation to offer and provide telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction to a…

(3) No person shall conduct, maintain, or operate an ambulance which does not carry with it, in fully operational condition, equipment consistent with the scope of practice for emergency medical technicians established in R.S. 40:1133.14. Each ambulance service provider shall develop and maintain a written policy identifying the equipment required to comply with the provisions of this Paragraph. At a minimum, the policy shall identify the basic trauma equipment, drugs, suction and oxygen equipment, cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment, and any other equipment required by law that shall be maintained on the ambulance.

(b) First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

B.(1) The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable unless the volunteer athletic coach, manager, athletic trainer, team volunteer health care provider, or sports team official has participated in a safety orientation and training program established by the league or team with which he is affiliated. Any safety orientation and training program established in compliance with this Subsection may include, as a condition of satisfactory completion, a course in child cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Participation in a safety orientation and training program by a coach, manager, athletic trainer, team volunteer health care provider, or sports team official may be waived by the league prior to the individual's or person's participation in the sporting activities or in the practice thereof upon submission of appropriate documented evidence as to that individual's or person's proficiency in first aid and safety, which may include a current certification in child cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

(2) This curriculum shall be created by the council with courses including but not limited to legal definitions, stop and frisk, Miranda rights, arrests, elements of probable cause determinations, firearm training, officer survival skills, de-escalation strategies, use of force, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and first aid. This curriculum may be taught at the auxiliary officer's affiliated sheriff's department by a P.O.S.T. certified trainer.

C.(1) Under regulations established, published, and administered by the board, optometrists who graduated from optometry school prior to 1993 desiring to qualify for certification to treat abnormal conditions and pathology of the human eye and its adnexa, including employment of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, shall be required to qualify for such certification from the board by furnishing proof of satisfactory completion of additional studies with particular emphasis on the examination, diagnosis, and treatment of abnormal conditions and pathology of the human eye and its adnexa. No optometrist shall carry out such treatment or employ such pharmaceutical agents without such certification. He shall have current certification that he has completed a basic course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and proof that he possesses in his office an automatic epinephrine injector that is operable and on which the expiration date has not passed.

(4) The senior apprentice shall provide the board with evidence of current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation of the adult and newborn. (3) Evidence of current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation of the adult and newborn.

(1) Does not carry with it equipment, in fully operational condition, for emergency medical response consistent with the scope of practice for emergency medical technicians established in R.S. 40:1133.14. Each emergency medical response vehicle provider shall develop and maintain a written policy identifying the equipment required to comply with the provisions of this Paragraph. At a minimum, the policy shall identify the basic trauma equipment, drugs, suction and oxygen equipment, cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment, and any other equipment required by law that shall be maintained on the emergency medical response vehicle.

(5) Possess a current certificate in the American Heart Association cardiopulmonary resuscitation health care provider course, the American Red Cross Professional Rescue Course, or their equivalent.

(a) Application and monitoring of oxygen, ventilatory therapy, bronchial hygiene therapy, respiratory rehabilitation, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

J. A holder of a retired volunteer dental hygienist license who practices not more than two hundred fifty hours in a calendar year shall be exempt from all continuing education requirements. However, a retired volunteer dental hygienist shall maintain his cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training.

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Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education prioritize policies on instruction relative to CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator in its rulemaking process

4. possesses a current certificate in the American Heart Association cardiopulmonary resuscitation health care provider course, the American Red Cross professional rescue course, or their equivalent.

(28) Failing to maintain certification in an approved course of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for the renewal of a dental license.

(2) No person shall provide services in any capacity on an emergency medical response vehicle unless he is the holder of a certification by the Department of Health and Hospitals or its agent as a first responder; or a certification of an emergency medical technician issued by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians; or a certificate of licensure as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse; or is a physician or surgeon licensed to practice medicine by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. No person shall provide services in any capacity without holding a valid certification of cardiopulmonary resuscitation issued by the American National Red Cross or the American Heart Association.

b. provide proof of current certification in the cardiopulmonary resuscitation course "advanced cardiac life support" as defined by the American Heart Association, or its equivalent. The board will only accept an ACLS course which includes a practical component which is personally attended.

J. Holders of a retired volunteer dental license shall comply with the continuing dental education requirements adopted by the board which shall include cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training.

f. All direct care staff shall receive certification in adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid within 45 days of employment. Effective August 1, 2016, if residents or children of residents under the age of 10 are accepted into the program, then staff shall also obtain a certificate in infant/child CPR. No staff member shall be left unsupervised with residents or children of residents until he/she has completed all required training. CPR and first aid shall be updated prior to the expiration of the certification as indicated by the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or equivalent organization. Online-only training is not acceptable.

(c) No individual shall provide services in any capacity on any ambulance unless he holds a cardiopulmonary resuscitation provider card issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.

7. Prior to certification, all prospective foster/adoptive parents shall receive certification in infant/child and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid. This training may be applied toward meeting the annual required training hours as noted in §7315 P5. DCFS certified homes shall follow the CPR requirements as noted in DCFS child welfare policy. 12. Effective April 1, 2019, currently certified foster/adoptive parents shall receive certification in infant/child and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid within 60 days. CPR and first aid shall be updated prior to the expiration of the certification as indicated by the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or equivalent organization. This training may be applied toward meeting the annual required training hours for foster parents as noted in §7315 P5. DCFS certified homes shall follow the CPR requirements as noted in DCFS child welfare policy.

Requires instruction relative to CPR and automated external defibrillators to be integrated into the curriculum of an existing required course of study in public high schools (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Limits civil liability for persons using automated external defibrillators

Requires high schools to keep automated external defibrillators on their premises (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Requires high schools in certain parishes to keep automated external defibrillators on their premises (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

A. In order to ensure public health and safety, any person or entity that possesses an AED shall ensure that: (1) The AED is maintained and tested according to the manufacturer's guidelines. (3)(a) Expected AED users regularly, on the premises of a particular entity, such as a work site or users who carry an AED in a private security patrol vehicle, receive appropriate training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and in the use of an AED from any nationally recognized course in CPR and AED use. (b) For purposes of this Paragraph, "expected AED users" shall be any person designated by the possessor to render emergency care. (4) The emergency medical services system is activated as soon as possible when an individual renders emergency care to an individual in cardiac arrest by using an AED. (5) Any clinical use of the AED is reported to the licensed physician or advanced practice…

A. In order to ensure public health and safety, any person or entity that possesses an AED shall ensure that: (1) The AED is maintained and tested according to the manufacturer's guidelines. (3)(a) Expected AED users regularly, on the premises of a particular entity, such as a work site or users who carry an AED in a private security patrol vehicle, receive appropriate training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and in the use of an AED from any nationally recognized course in CPR and AED use. (b) For purposes of this Paragraph, "expected AED users" shall be any person designated by the possessor to render emergency care. (4) The emergency medical services system is activated as soon as possible when an individual renders emergency care to an individual in cardiac arrest by using an AED. (5) Any clinical use of the AED is reported to the licensed physician or advanced practice…

6. All emergency medical response vehicles that are not staffed and equipped to the advanced life support level shall carry an automated external defibrillator (either automatic or semi-automatic) with the appropriate lead cables and at least two sets of the appropriate disposable defibrillation pads or electrodes. If the automated defibrillator is also capable of manual defibrillation, an appropriate lock-out mechanism (such as an access code, computer chip, or lock and key) to prevent unauthorized use of the device by those persons not authorized to manually defibrillate shall be an integral part of the device. iii. cardiac monitor/defibrillator with transcutaneous pacing capabilities.

(2) "Cardiopulmonary resuscitation" means those measures used to restore or support cardiac or respiratory function in the event of a cardiac or respiratory arrest. (8) "Life-sustaining procedure" means any medical procedure or intervention which, within reasonable medical judgment, would serve only to prolong the dying process for a person diagnosed as having a terminal and irreversible condition, including such procedures as the invasive administration of nutrition and hydration and the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. A "life-sustaining procedure" shall not include any measure deemed necessary to provide comfort care.

(7) "Life-sustaining procedure" means any medical procedure or intervention which, within reasonable medical judgment, would serve only to prolong the dying process of a qualified patient, including such procedures as the invasive administration of nutrition and hydration and the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation when the benefits of the procedure do not outweigh the burdens thereof. A "life-sustaining procedure" shall not include any measure deemed as comfort care. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, the administration of nutrition and hydration, whether orally or by invasive means, shall always occur except in the event another condition arises which is life-limiting and irreversible and in which nutrition and hydration by any means becomes a greater burden than benefit to the qualified patient. (f) A field titled "A. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): person has no pulse and is not breathing". This field shall provide an instruction which reads "check one" and shall further provide…

(1) Has satisfactorily completed massage therapy studies in a minimum five hundred-hour supervised course of instruction. The course of instruction may be provided by a proprietary massage therapy school licensed by the state Department of Education. The minimum five hundred hours shall consist of three hundred twenty-five hours dedicated to the study of basic massage therapy techniques and clinical practicum-related modalities, one hundred twenty-five hours dedicated to the study of anatomy and physiology, and an additional fifty hours of discretionary related course work, including but not limited to hydrotherapy, business practices and professional ethics, health and hygiene, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid.