Senate File 103 





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  SODDERS


    Passed Senate,  Date               Passed House, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring automated external defibrillators in all
  2    physical exercise clubs, and providing an effective date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1599XS 83
  5 ak/sc/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  552.15  CARDIAC AUTOMATED
  1  2 EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS.
  1  3    1.  As used in this section, "automated external
  1  4 defibrillator" means a portable device used to restore normal
  1  5 rhythm to a patient in cardiac arrest by analyzing the
  1  6 patient's heart rhythm and determining whether a shock is
  1  7 needed to restore a normal heartbeat.
  1  8    2.  A physical exercise club shall locate in every facility
  1  9 at least one automated external defibrillator that is
  1 10 accessible during business hours and special events.  The
  1 11 physical exercise club is responsible for the care and
  1 12 maintenance of the automated external defibrillator including
  1 13 but not limited to periodic service checks and battery
  1 14 replacement.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  Section 552.22, Code 2009, is amended to read as
  1 16 follows:
  1 17    552.22  APPLICABILITY.
  1 18    This The provisions of this chapter applies that apply to
  1 19 physical exercise club contracts apply to all physical
  1 20 exercise club contracts entered into in this state on or after
  1 21 July 1, 1988, concerning physical exercise club facilities
  1 22 located, or services to be provided, in this state.
  1 23    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect July 1,
  1 24 2010.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill provides for the placement of an automated
  1 27 external defibrillator in every physical exercise club in the
  1 28 state.  An automated external defibrillator is a portable
  1 29 device used to restore a normal heart rhythm to a patient in
  1 30 cardiac arrest by analyzing the patient's heart rhythm and
  1 31 determining whether a shock is needed to restore a normal
  1 32 heartbeat.
  1 33    The bill requires a physical exercise club to locate at
  1 34 least one automated external defibrillator in every facility
  1 35 that is accessible during business hours and special events.
  2  1 The physical exercise club is responsible for the care and
  2  2 maintenance of the automated external defibrillator.
  2  3    The bill has an effective date of July 1, 2010.
  2  4 LSB 1599XS 83
  2  5 ak/sc/5.1