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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:62A-24

Definitions relative to acquisition, deployment, use of automated external defibrillators

Known as the Good Samaritan Act

The act spans §§ 2–2 (40 sections).

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

2. 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.

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