N.J. Stat. § 2A:62A-24

Current through L. 2024, c. 62.

Section 2A:62A-24 - Definitions relative to acquisition, deployment, use of automated external defibrillators

As used in this act:

"Automated external defibrillator" or "defibrillator" means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:

a. Has received approval of its pre-market notification filed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. s.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, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed; and

c. Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to an individual's heart.

N.J.S. § 2A:62A-24

L. 1999, c. 34, s. 2.