Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL › Part I - General Administration › Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification › Chapter 61 - Automated External Defibrillators › Section I-6101 - Purpose and Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Purpose.
				  These rules establish standards for the maintenance of automated external
				  defibrillators for the owner of or the entity responsible for a physical
				  fitness facility each postsecondary education institution, any postsecondary
				  education institution that sponsors an intercollegiate athletic event, each
				  elementary, middle and high school, and any elementary, middle, or high school
				  that sponsors an interscholastic athletic event that possesses an automated
				  external defibrillator.
B. 
				  Definitions. The Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health
				  (LDH-OPH), Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (BEMS), in the exercise of its
				  regulatory authority, defines the following words and terms applicable to this
				  Chapter.
Athletic Department
-the division or
					 department of an institution of higher education, including colleges,
					 universities, or community colleges, which schedules and competes in
					 intercollegiate athletics.
Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
-a
					 medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:
a. has received approval of its pre-market
				  notification filed pursuant to
				  21 U.S.C.
				  360(k) from the United
				  States Food and Drug Administration;
b. is capable of recognizing the presence or
				  absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia and is
				  capable of determining whether defibrillation should be performed;
c. upon determining that defibrillation
				  should be performed, the AED automatically charges and requests delivery of an
				  electrical impulse to an individual's heart;
d. is capable of delivering the electrical
				  impulse to an individual's heart; and
e. pediatric AED capabilities are required.
Bureau-
unless otherwise specified, the
					 Bureau of Emergency medical Services within the Office of Public Health of the
					 Louisiana Department of Health.
Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (Bureau of
					 EMS, BEMS)-
the EMS regulatory agency that licenses EMS practitioners;
					 ambulance services/providers and enforces compliance of legislation that
					 regulates telecommunicators and possessors of AEDs.
Cardiac Emergency Response Plan-
a document
					 written by the principal, president, or chancellor, or chief executive of a
					 postsecondary education institution, elementary, middle, or high school, in
					 collaboration with local emergency responders, that establishes the specific
					 steps to reduce death from cardiac arrest at an intercollegiate or
					 interscholastic athletic event.
Cardiac Emergency Response Team-
a group of
					 a minimum of two, but preferably four, individuals credentialed in pediatric,
					 child, and adult CPR and use of an AED.
Certification
-adult and pediatric expected
					 CPR providers and expected AED users who have been certified after successful
					 completion of an adult and pediatric CPR and AED course recognized by a
					 nationally recognized organization or association such as the American Heart
					 Association (AHA), the American Red Cross (ARC), the National Safety Council
					 and the Emergency Medical Physicians of America, or the equivalent
					 cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification that has been approved by the
					 Louisiana Department of Health.
Credentialed
-adult and pediatric expected
					 CPR providers and expected AED users who have completed an adult and pediatric
					 CPR and AED course recognized by a nationally recognized organization or
					 association such as the American Heart Association (AHA), the American Red
					 Cross (ARC), the National Safety Council and the Health and Safety Institute
					 (HSI), or the equivalent cardiopulmonary resuscitation credential that has been
					 approved by the Louisiana Department of Health.
Emergency Care
-the occurrence of a
					 sudden, serious and unexpected sickness or injury that would lead a reasonable
					 person, possessing an average knowledge of medicine and health, to believe that
					 the sick or injured person requires urgent or unscheduled medical care.
Expected AED Users
-any person designated
					 by the possessor to render emergency care.
Health Club
-Repealed.
High School-
an education facility that
					 typically comprises of grades nine through twelve.
Information Management System-
an
					 electronic system used to collect, analyze, and process data that is entered
					 and/or uploaded into the system
Intercollegiate Athletic Events-
athletic
					 or sporting competitions between or among postsecondary education institutions,
					 hosted or sponsored by one or more participating institutions.
Interscholastic Athletic Event
-athletic or
					 sporting competitions or activities between or among different elementary,
					 middle, or high schools, hosted or sponsored by one or more participating
					 schools.
Middle School-
an education facility that
					 typically includes grades seven and eight but may also include grades six and
					 nine; also referred to as Junior High School.
Physical Fitness Facility
-a facility for
					 profit or nonprofit with a membership of over 50 persons that offers physical
					 fitness services. This includes but is not limited to clubs, studios, health
					 spas, weight control centers, clinics, figure salons, tanning centers, athletic
					 or sport clubs, and YWCA and YMCA organizations.
Physical Fitness Services
-services for
					 the development of physical fitness through exercise or weight control.
Physical Fitness Center
-any person or
					 organization which, for profit or nonprofit, offers physical fitness services,
					 whether at multiple outlets or single outlet. Any subsidiary of a center
					 offering such services shall be deemed part of said center.
Possessor
-any person, service, business,
					 industry, physical fitness facility, entity, postsecondary education
					 institution participating in intercollegiate sport, or security vehicle
					 possessing an AED.
Postsecondary Education Institution-
an
					 institution that offers education following successful completion of high
					 school or equivalent (e.g. GED); such institutions provide a higher level of
					 education, and include universities, colleges, and trade, technical, and
					 professional schools.
Premises
-the physical facility, its
					 contents, and the contiguous land or property under the control of a person or
					 entity, and may mean a room, shop, building, field, or other definite
					 area.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
-a medical emergency
					 where a person is unconscious, not breathing and has no pulse.