Minnesota AED Laws

120B.236 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR INSTRUCTION. (a) School districts must provide onetime cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator instruction as part of their grade 7 to 12 curriculum for all students in that grade beginning in the 2014-2015 school year and later. Training and instruction provided under this section need not result in cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator instruction must include cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator training that has been developed: (2) using nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and incorporates psychomotor skills to support the instruction. (b) School districts may use community members such as emergency medical technicians, paramedics, police officers, firefighters, and representatives of the Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium, the American Heart Association, or the American Red Cross, among others, to provide instruction and training under this section. Community members are encouraged to provide needed training and instructional resources such as…

(iv) a staff person is available at the service site who is trained in basic first aid and, when required in a person's support plan or support plan addendum, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) whenever persons are present and staff are required to be at the site to provide direct support service. The CPR training must include instruction, hands-on practice, and an observed skills assessment under the direct supervision of a CPR instructor.

(1) successfully complete a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation that is approved by the director or the licensee's medical director. (2) take the United States Department of Transportation EMT refresher course and successfully pass the practical skills test portion of the course, or successfully complete 48 hours of continuing education in EMT programs that are consistent with the United States Department of Transportation National EMS Education Standards or its equivalent as approved by the director or as approved by the licensee's medical director and pass a practical skills test approved by the director and administered by an education program approved by the director. The cardiopulmonary resuscitation course and practical skills test may be included as part of the refresher course or continuing education renewal requirements; and (1) for an AEMT, successfully complete a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation that is approved by the director or the licensee's medical director and for a…

(4) submit current certification from the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross for adult and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

H. first aid and life-sustaining treatment such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

(b) "Automatic external defibrillator" or "AED" means an electronic device designed and manufactured to operate automatically or semiautomatically for the purpose of delivering an electrical current to the heart of a person in sudden cardiac arrest. (c) "AED registry" means a registry of AEDs that requires a maintenance program or package, and includes, but is not limited to: the Minnesota AED Registry, the National AED Registry, iRescU, or a manufacturer-specific program. (e) "Public access AED" means an AED that is intended, by its markings or display, to be used or accessed by the public for the benefit of the general public that may be in the vicinity or location of that AED. It does not include an AED that is owned or used by a hospital, clinic, business, or organization that is intended to be used by staff and is not marked or displayed in a manner to encourage public…

Section 120B.236 — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation And Automatic External Defibrillator Instruction.

(e) For purposes of this section, "emergency care" includes providing emergency medical care by using or providing an automatic external defibrillator, unless the person on whom the device is to be used objects; or unless the person is rendering this care during the course of regular employment, the person is receiving or expects to receive compensation for rendering this care, and the usual and regular duties of the person include the provision of emergency medical care. "Automatic external defibrillator" means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:

Subdivision 1. First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (a) Before having unsupervised direct contact with a child, but within 90 days after the first date of direct contact with a child, the director, all staff persons, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers must successfully complete pediatric first aid and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, unless the training has been completed within the previous two calendar years. Staff must complete the pediatric first aid and pediatric CPR training at least every other calendar year and the center must document the training in the staff person's personnel record.

Subd. 2. Telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation program. (a) Every public safety answering point must maintain a telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation program by either: (1) providing each 911 telecommunicator with training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation; or (2) transferring callers to another public safety answering point with 911 telecommunicators that have received training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (b) Training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation must, at a minimum, include: (1) use of an evidence-based protocol or script for providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction that has been recommended by an academic institution or a nationally recognized organization specializing in medical dispatch and, if the public safety answering point has a medical director, approved by that medical director; and (2) appropriate continuing education, as determined by the evidence-based protocol for providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction and, if the public safety answering point has a medical director, approved by that medical director. (1) use an evidence-based protocol for the identification of a person…

(6) the podiatrist and the individual referred to in clause (4) have completed, after December 31, 1986, a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

(2) pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation, in accordance with subdivision 4. Subd. 4. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (a) Unless training has been completed within the previous two years, the director, staff persons, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers must satisfactorily complete pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training that meets the requirements of this subdivision. Pediatric CPR training must be completed prior to having unsupervised direct contact with a child, but not to exceed the first 90 days of employment. (3) pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation training that meets the requirements of subdivision 4.

Subd. 4. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (a) Before initial licensure and before caring for a child, license holders, second adult caregivers, and substitutes must be trained in pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), including CPR techniques for infants and children, and in the treatment of obstructed airways. The CPR training must have been provided by an individual approved to provide CPR instruction. License holders, second adult caregivers, and substitutes must repeat pediatric CPR training at least once every two years and must document the training in the license holder's records. License holders, second adult caregivers, and substitutes must not let the training expire.

(C) the pharmacy technician has a current certificate in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

The county staff acting as public guardian shall submit an application for a "do not resuscitate" order to the department for written approval. Consent for a "do not resuscitate" order must not be given in the absence of a terminal condition, unless the physician states that initiating cardiopulmonary resuscitation would be medically futile or would harm the ward. The application must contain documentation of the following: (3) a statement that death is imminent or that initiating cardiopulmonary resuscitation would be medically futile or would harm the ward. For purposes of this part, death occurring within one year is considered imminent.

(3) have completed a course on cardiopulmonary resuscitation approved by the ambulance service.

C. administration of first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Recertification training shall occur as required with respect to first aid and CPR. The training shall be documented.

(C) a recurrent cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

An individual currently certified in first aid and adult, child, and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation must be on duty at all times the pool is open to use, unless a sign warning that a lifeguard is not present is posted as specified in part 4717.1050.

Subd. 4.Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (a) All teachers and assistant teachers in a child care center governed by Minnesota Rules, parts 9503.0005 to 9503.0170, and at least one staff person during field trips and when transporting children in care, must satisfactorily complete training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and in the treatment of obstructed airways that includes CPR techniques for infants and children. The CPR training must be completed within 90 days of the start of work, unless the training has been completed within the previous three years. The CPR training must have been provided by an individual approved to provide CPR instruction, must be repeated at least once every three years, and must be documented in the staff person's records. (6) "Health, safety, and nutrition" means training in establishing and maintaining an environment that ensures children's health, safety, and nourishment, including first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, child nutrition, and child abuse and neglect…

"Do not resuscitate" means a physician's order placed in the ward's medical chart to withhold cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the event of cardiopulmonary arrest.

(c) When the license holder is the owner, lessor, or tenant of the service site and whenever a person receiving services is present at the site, the license holder must have a staff person available on site who is trained in basic first aid and, when required in a person's service plan, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Roadside signage for automatic external defibrillators for qualifying locations authorized.

Hannah's Law enacted by modifying cardiopulmonary resuscitation requirements for child care center staff.