An Act To Require That Certain Health Care Staff Be Certified in CPR and To Require That Nursing Homes Be Equipped with . Automated External Defibrillators
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0460
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: BARTLETT, BLANCHARD, CAIN, DAVIS, FARRINGTON, PINGREE, RINES, PERRY, SAVAGE
Amends: 22 MRSA §2150-C, 22 MRSA §2150-D

Legislative Document 
No. 460 
H.P.338 
House of Representati ves, January 27, 2005 
An Act To Require That Certain Health Care Staff Be Certified in 
CPR and To Require That Nursing Homes Be Equipped with . 
Automated External Defibrillators 
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representati ve BARSTOW of Gorham. 
Cosponsored by Senator BARTLETT of Cumberland and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: BLANCHARD of Old Town, CAIN of Orono, DAVIS of Falmouth, 
FARRINGTON of Gorham, PINGREE of North Haven, RINES of Wiscasset, Senators: 
PERRY of Penobscot, SAVAGE of Knox. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2150-C, sub-§I, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 
364, §l, is amended to read: 
1. 
Definitions. 
the context otherwise 
following meanings. 
As used in 
indicates, 
this seet:ieB 
the following 
chapter, unless 
terms have the 
A. 
"Automated external defibrillator" or 
"AED" 
means 
a 
medical device approved by the United States Food and Drug 
Administration that: 
( 1) 
I s capable 
of 
ventricular 
tachycardia; 
of recognizing the presence or absence 
fibrillation 
or 
rapid 
ventricular 
(2) 
Is capable of determining whether defibrillation 
should be performed on an individual; 
(3) 
Upon determination that defibrillation should be 
performed, automatically charges and requests delivery 
of an electrical impulse to an individual's heart; and 
(4) 
Upon 
action 
by 
an 
operator, 
appropriate 
electrical 
impulse 
to 
the 
heart to perform defibrillation. 
delivers 
an 
individual's 
B. 
"Department" means the Department of Public Safety. 
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2150-D is enacted to read: 
§2150-D. Facilities for adults 
1. 
Eqyisment. A nursing home licensed under section 1811 or 
a facility licensed for the care of adults under Subtitle 6, 
including a long-term care facility, residential care facility, 
assisted housing program or assisted living program, 
must be 
eguipped with an automated external defibrillator on each floor 
of the facility. 
2. 
Training. 
A staff member for a nursing home licensed 
under section 1811 or a facility licensed for the care of adults 
under 
Subtitle 
6, 
including 
a 
long-term 
care 
facility, 
residential care facility, assisted housing program or assisted 
living program, 
must be certified to perform cardiopulmonary 
resuscitation 
and 
trained 
to 
operate 
an 
automated 
external 
defibrillator. 
SUMMARY 
This bill requires that nursing homes and other facilities 
for adults such as long-term care facilities, residential care 
facilities, 
assisted 
living 
programs 
and 
assisted 
housing 
programs be equipped with an automated external defibrillator on 
each floor 
of the facility. 
This bill also requires staff 
members of such facilities to be trained in CPR 
and in the 
operations of automated external defibrillators.