Senate File 443 - Reprinted





                                      SENATE FILE       
                                      BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

                                      (SUCCESSOR TO SF 103)


    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 clinical exercise centers, and
  3    providing an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1599SV 83
  6 ak/sc/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.26A  CARDIAC AUTOMATED
  1  2 EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS == CLINICAL EXERCISE CENTERS.
  1  3    1.  As used in this section:
  1  4    a.  "Automated external defibrillator" means a portable
  1  5 device used to restore normal rhythm to a person in cardiac
  1  6 arrest by analyzing the person's heart rhythm and determining
  1  7 whether a shock is needed to restore a normal heartbeat.
  1  8    b.  "Clinical exercise center" means an entity primarily
  1  9 engaged in physical rehabilitation activities related to an
  1 10 individual's injury or disease.
  1 11    2.  A clinical exercise center shall locate in every
  1 12 facility at least one automated external defibrillator that is
  1 13 accessible during business hours and special events.  The
  1 14 clinical exercise center is responsible for the care and
  1 15 maintenance of the automated external defibrillator including
  1 16 but not limited to periodic service checks and battery
  1 17 replacement.
  1 18    3.  A clinical exercise center shall have written emergency
  1 19 policies and procedures that are provided to, reviewed by, and
  1 20 practiced annually by employees.  A clinical exercise center
  1 21 shall have at least one employee on duty during business hours
  1 22 who is trained in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the
  1 23 use of an automated external defibrillator.
  1 24    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  552.15  CARDIAC AUTOMATED EXTERNAL
  1 25 DEFIBRILLATORS.
  1 26    1.  As used in this section, "automated external
  1 27 defibrillator" means a portable device used to restore normal
  1 28 rhythm to a person in cardiac arrest by analyzing the person's
  1 29 heart rhythm and determining whether a shock is needed to
  1 30 restore a normal heartbeat.
  1 31    2.  A physical exercise club shall locate in every facility
  1 32 at least one automated external defibrillator that is
  1 33 accessible during business hours and special events.  The
  1 34 physical exercise club is responsible for the care and
  1 35 maintenance of the automated external defibrillator including
  2  1 but not limited to periodic service checks and battery
  2  2 replacement.
  2  3    3.  A physical exercise club shall have written emergency
  2  4 policies and procedures that are provided to, reviewed by, and
  2  5 practiced annually by employees.  A physical exercise club
  2  6 shall have at least one employee on duty during regularly
  2  7 staffed business hours who is trained in basic cardiopulmonary
  2  8 resuscitation and the use of an automated external
  2  9 defibrillator.
  2 10    Sec. 3.  Section 552.22, Code 2009, is amended to read as
  2 11 follows:
  2 12    552.22  APPLICABILITY.
  2 13    This The provisions of this chapter applies that apply to
  2 14 physical exercise club contracts apply to all physical
  2 15 exercise club contracts entered into in this state on or after
  2 16 July 1, 1988, concerning physical exercise club facilities
  2 17 located, or services to be provided, in this state.
  2 18    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect July 1,
  2 19 2010.
  2 20 SF 443
  2 21 ak/sc/jh/26