Int. No. 20
By Council Members Cabrera, Brannan and Maisel
Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring automated external defibrillators in private schools and police cars
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 10 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 10-179 to read as follows:
? 10-179 Automated external defibrillators in patrol cars. a. All patrol vehicles used by the department shall be equipped with an automated external defibrillator.
b. For the purposes of this section, the term "automated external defibrillator" means a medical device, approved by the United States food and drug administration, that: (i) is capable of recognizing the presence or absence in a patient of ventricular fibrillation and rapid ventricular tachycardia; (ii) is capable of determining, without intervention by an individual, whether defibrillation should be performed on a patient; (iii) upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to a patient's heart; and (iv) upon action by an individual, delivers an appropriate electrical impulse to a patient's heart to perform defibrillation.
c. Nothing contained in this section imposes any duty or obligation on any person to provide assistance with an automated external defibrillator to a victim of a medical emergency.
? 2. Paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 17-188 is amended to read as follows:
3. "Public place" means the publicly accessible areas of the following places to which the public is invited or permitted: (i) public buildings maintained by the division of facilities management and construction of the department of citywide administrative services or any successor; (ii) parks under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation identified pursuant to subdivi...
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