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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 779', '§ 360', '§ 779', '§ 779', '§ 779', '§ 779', '§ 779', '§ 779', '§ 242', '§ 74', '§ 22', '§ 28', '§ 38', '§ 38', '§ 44', '§ 157']

Texas AED Statutes and Regulations
Texas - AED Statutes & Regulations
Protection from liability is extended to good faith users, AED trainers, and AED-prescribing physicians as well as to AED acquirers, owners, and lessees who are in compliance with code requirements.
An AED acquirer is responsible for ensuring that AED users receive training in CPR/AED and for notifying local EMS of the existence, location, and type of AED.
The owner or lessee of an AED is responsible for maintenance and testing of the AED according to the manufacturer's guidelines.
The medical oversight of a licensed physician is required for each AED program to ensure compliance with the law.
At least one AED is required on each school campus and, for any gathering of a substantial number of students, the AED and an employee trained in AED must be readily available.
Students must receive CPR training once in grades 7-12.
Dental Offices / Nursing Homes / Extended Care Facilities
Nursing Facilities are required to have at least one AED and a CPR/AED trained staff member on each floor and in each building. Physician oversight is required in nursing homes.
Texas Statutes and Regulations
Texas Health and Safety Code, § 779.001
In this chapter, “automated external defibrillator” means a heart monitor and defibrillator that:
(1) has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration of its premarket notification filed under 21 U.S.C. § 360(k), as amended;
(2) is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia and is capable of determining, without interpretation of cardiac rhythm by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed; and
(3) on determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to an individual’s heart.
Texas Health and Safety Code, § 779.002
(a) A person or entity that acquires an automated external defibrillator shall ensure that:
(1) each user of the automated external defibrillator receives training given or approved by the Department of State Health Services in:
(B) use of the automated external defibrillator; and
(2) a licensed physician is involved in the training program to ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(b) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules establishing the minimum requirements for the training required by this section. In adopting rules under this section, the executive commissioner shall consider the guidelines for automated external defibrillator training approved by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or another nationally recognized association.
Texas Health and Safety Code, § 779.003
Texas Health and Safety Code, § 779.004
Texas Health and Safety Code, § 779.005
Notifying Local Emergency Medical Services Provider
Texas Health and Safety Code, § 779.006
Texas Health and Safety Code, § 779.007
Possession of Automated External Defibrillators
Each person or entity, other than a licensed practitioner, that acquires an automated external defibrillator that has not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for over-the-counter sale shall ensure that:
(1) the automated external defibrillator has been delivered to that person or entity by a licensed practitioner in the course of his professional practice or upon a prescription or other order lawfully issued in the course of his professional practice; or
(2) if the automated external defibrillator is acquired for the purpose of sale or lease, the person or entity shall be in conformance with the applicable requirements found in Section 483.041, Health and Safety Code.
Texas Health and Safety Code, § 242.159
(a) An institution [nursing home facilities] shall have available for use at the institution an automated external defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001, and shall comply with the training, use, and notification requirements of Chapter 779.
(c) The use of an automated external defibrillator must be consistent with a resident's advance directive executed or issued under Subchapter C, Chapter 166.
(e-1) An institution is not required to comply with Subsections (a) and (e) until September 1, 2014. This subsection expires January 1, 2015.
Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, § 74.151
(a) A person who in good faith administers emergency care is not liable in civil damages for an act performed during the emergency unless the act is willfully or wantonly negligent, including a person who:
(e) Except as provided by this subsection, this section does not apply to a person whose negligent act or omission was a producing cause of the emergency for which care is being administered. This subsection does not apply to liability of a school district or district school officer or employee arising from an act or omission under a program or policy or procedure adopted under Subchapter 0-1, Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, other than liability arising from willful or intentional misconduct.
Texas Education Code, § 22.902
Instruction Related to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Use of Automated External Defibrillator
Texas Education Code, § 28.0023
(f) For purposes of Subsection (e), “psychomotor skills” means hands-on practice to support cognitive learning. The term does not include cognitive-only instruction and training.
Texas Education Code, § 38.017
Availability of Automated External Defibrillator
(a) Each school district shall make available at each campus in the district at least one automated external defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001, Health and Safety Code. A campus defibrillator must be readily available during any University Interscholastic League athletic competition held on the campus. In determining the location at which to store a campus defibrillator, the principal of the campus shall consider the primary location on campus where students engage in athletic activities.
(b) To the extent practicable, each school district, in cooperation with the University Interscholastic League, shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that an automated external defibrillator is available at each University Interscholastic League athletic practice held at a district campus. If a school district is not able to make an automated external defibrillator available in the manner provided by this subsection, the district shall determine the extent to which an automated external defibrillator must be available at each University Interscholastic League athletic practice held at a district campus. The determination must be based, in addition to any other appropriate considerations, on relevant medical information.
(c) Each school district, in cooperation with the University Interscholastic League, shall determine the extent to which an automated external defibrillator must be available at each University Interscholastic League athletic competition held at a location other than a district campus. The determination must be based, in addition to any other appropriate considerations, on relevant medical information and whether emergency services personnel are present at the athletic competition under a contract with the school district.
(d) Each school district shall ensure the presence at each location at which an automated external defibrillator is required under Subsection (a), (b), or (c) of at least one campus or district employee trained in the proper use of the defibrillator at any time a substantial number of district students are present at the location.
(e) A school district shall ensure that an automated external defibrillator is used and maintained in accordance with standards established under Chapter 779, Health and Safety Code.
(1) waive any immunity from liability of a school district or its officers or employees;
(2) create any liability for or a cause of action against a school district or its officers or employees; or
(3) waive any immunity from liability under Section 74.151, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
(g) This subsection applies only to a private school that receives an automated external defibrillator from the agency or receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated external defibrillator. A private school shall:
(1) make available at the school at least one automated external defibrillator; and
(2) in coordination with the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, adopt a policy concerning the availability of an automated external defibrillator at athletic competitions and practices in a manner consistent with the requirements prescribed by this section, including the training and maintenance requirements prescribed by this section.
(h) A school district may seek and accept gifts, grants, or other donations to pay the district’s cost of purchasing automated external defibrillators required under this section.
Texas Education Code, § 38.018
Procedures Regarding Response to Cardiac Arrest
(a) Each school district and private school shall develop safety procedures for a district or school employee or student to follow in responding to a medical emergency involving cardiac arrest, including the appropriate response time in administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation, using an automated external defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001, Health and Safety Code, or calling a local emergency medical services provider.
(b) A private school is required to develop safety procedures under this section only if the school receives an automated external defibrillator from the agency or receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated external defibrillator.
Texas Education Code, § 44.047
Purchase or Lease of Automated External Defibrillator
(a) A school district or private school that purchases or leases an automated external defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001, Health and Safety Code, shall ensure that the automated external defibrillator meets standards established by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
Texas Occupations Code - Sec. 258.1556
Minimum Emergency Preparedness Standards (Dental Enteral Administration of Anesthesia)
(a) The [dental] board shall adopt rules to establish minimum emergency preparedness standards and requirements for the administration of anesthesia under a permit issued under this subchapter. The rules must require a permit holder to:
(1) have available at any time the permit holder administers anesthesia:
(A) an adequate and unexpired supply of drugs and anesthetic agents necessary for the safe administration of anesthesia; and
(B) an automated external defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001, Health and Safety Code;
(2) conduct periodic inspections of the permit holder's equipment in the manner and on the schedule determined by the board;
(3) maintain and make available to the board on request an equipment readiness log; and
(4) develop and annually update written policies, procedures, and training requirements, specific to the permit holder's equipment and drugs, for responding to emergency situations involving anesthesia.
(b) Rules adopted under Subsection (a)(4) must require a holder of a level 2, level 3, or level 4 permit to develop policies and procedures that include:
(1) advanced cardiac life support rescue protocols;
(2) advanced airway management techniques; and
(3) if the permit holder is authorized to administer anesthesia to pediatric patients, pediatric advanced life support rescue protocols.
Texas Administrative Code, 25 TAC § 157.41
Automated External Defibrillators for Public Access Defibrillation
(1) Automated External Defibrillator (AED) — An electronic medical device approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration which is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of cardioventricular fibrillation or rapid cardioventricular tachycardia; is capable of determining, without interpretation of cardiac rhythm by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed and, on determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and requests the operator to deliver an electrical impulse to an individual’s heart.
(2) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) — A life saving procedure involving closed chest compressions and artificial respiration to an individual who is pulseless and apneic or who is experiencing agonal respiration.
(3) Lay Responder — A non-EMS-professional trained to respond to specific medical emergencies such as sudden cardiac arrest.
(4) Public Access Defibrillation — A comprehensive, integrated community approach to the use of AEDs by trained lay responders.
(5) Sudden Cardiac Arrest — A condition of sudden, unexpected loss of heart function, breathing and consciousness, usually resulting from an electrical disturbance in the heart that disrupts its pumping action and causes blood to stop flowing to the rest of the body.
(1) A person acquiring and/or using an AED shall successfully complete a training course in CPR and AED operation in accordance with the guidelines established by the device’s manufacturer and as approved by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, other nationally recognized associations, or the medical director of the local emergency medical services provider.
(f) Guidelines and procedures for use. Use of an AED shall be in accordance with the guidelines established as nationally recognized standards and shall be in accordance with the manufacturer’s operating procedures. The person or entity that acquires the AED should assure:
Texas Administrative Code - 40 TAC 19.1935
Automated External Defibrillators in Nursing Homes