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OH SB184
Bill
Status
9/5/2013
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Patton
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AI Summary
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Health clubs must install an automated external defibrillator (AED) on premises with obvious and ready accessibility to staff, members, and guests during operating hours.
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Health clubs must employ at least one employee trained in AED usage, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and basic first aid during all hours of operation; facilities open more than 8 hours per day, more than 5 days per week, and larger than 6,000 square feet must have more than one trained employee.
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Twenty-four-hour health clubs without on-duty staff must meet emergency medical service accessibility requirements, install a panic button, AED with instructional signage, dedicated emergency telephone, and security monitoring devices; such facilities cannot exceed 6,000 square feet.
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Immunity from civil and criminal liability is expanded to include owners, occupiers, and managers of facilities with AEDs, except in cases of willful or wanton misconduct or gross negligence.
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Violations of health club AED requirements result in fines: up to $250 for first offense, $500 for second offense, and $1,000 for third or subsequent offenses.
Legislative Description
To require a health club to have an automated external defibrillator installed on the premises, to specify requirements for training and staffing with respect to the use of that automated external defibrillator, and to modify the immunity provided with respect to the use of an automated external defibrillator.
Automated external defibrillators-health clubs install/train staff/immunity
Last Action
To Medicaid, Health & Human Services
9/5/2013