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§ 238p. Recommendations and guidelines regarding automated external defibrillators for Federal buildings
(a) Guidelines on placement
(b) Related recommendations
The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the recommendations of the Secretary on the appropriate implementation of the placement of automated external defibrillator devices under subsection (a), including procedures for the following:
(1) Implementing appropriate training courses in the use of such devices, including the role of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
(2) Proper maintenance and testing of the devices.
(3) Ensuring coordination with appropriate licensed professionals in the oversight of training of the devices.
(4) Ensuring coordination with local emergency medical systems regarding the placement and incidents of use of the devices.
(c) Consultations; consideration of certain recommendations
In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall—
(1) consult with appropriate public and private entities;
(2) consider the recommendations of national and local public-health organizations for improving the survival rates of individuals who experience cardiac arrest in nonhospital settings by minimizing the time elapsing between the onset of cardiac arrest and the initial medical response, including defibrillation as necessary; and
(3) consult with and counsel other Federal agencies where such devices are to be used.
(d) Date certain for establishing guidelines and recommendations
(e) Definitions
For purposes of this section:
(1) The term “automated external defibrillator device” has the meaning given such term in section 238q of this title.
(2) The term “Federal building” includes a building or portion of a building leased or rented by a Federal agency, and includes buildings on military installations of the United States.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 247, as added Pub. L. 106–505, title IV, § 403, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2337.)