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Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-140-402

Part definitions

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Sandra L. Wallis v. Brainerd Baptist Church (2016)

Most recently applied in Sandra L. Wallis v. Brainerd Baptist Church (December 2016)

Acts 1998, ch. 963, § 3; T.C.A. §§ 68-140-710; T.C.A., § 68-140-702.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “AED” or “defibrillator” means an automated external defibrillator; and

(2) “Automated external defibrillator (AED)” means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that: Has received approval of its premarket notification, filed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 360(R), from the United States food and drug administration;

(3) 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

(4) Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to an individual’s heart.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.