PRINTER'S NO. 590
No. 542 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY T. STEVENSON, BELFANTI, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE,
CREIGHTON, DALEY, DALLY, DERMODY, D. EVANS, FREEMAN, GEIST,
GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HARHAI, JOSEPHS, MANN, PETRI, PYLE,
SATHER, SCAVELLO, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, WALKO, WILT
AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 15, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 15, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of failure
3 to maintain automated external defibrillator at athletic
4 events.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 7331. Failure to maintain automated external defibrillator at
10 athletic events.
11 (a) Offense.--Any person who organizes or conducts an
12 athletic event and who fails to furnish and maintain an
13 automated external defibrillator for use during the athletic
14 event commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.
15 (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
16 "automated external defibrillator" means a portable device which
17 uses electric shock to restore a stable heart rhythm to an
1 individual in cardiac arrest.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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