Portable Heart Defibrillator Act, 2001 Colle, Mike — Bill 51 (37th Parliament, 3rd Session)

Bill 51, 37-3

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Bill 51, Portable Heart Defibrillator Act, 2001

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Bill 51 2001

An Act to help save the lives

of Ontarians who suffer from

cardiac arrest by promoting

the widespread availability

and use of portable heart

defibrillators in public places

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Definitions

1. In this Act,

"building" includes an arena, stadium, shopping centre, casino or other

structure to which the public has access; ("bâtiment")

"defibrillator" means an automated external medical heart monitor and

defibrillator that is capable of,

(

a) recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or

rapid ventricular tachycardia,

(

b) determining, without intervention by an operator, whether

defibrillation should be performed, and

(

c) automatically charging and requesting delivery of an electrical

impulse to an individual's heart as medically required.

("défibrillateur")

Defibrillators to be installed and made available

2. Portable defibrillators shall be installed

in a readily accessible and highly visible place in the following

locations:

1. Buildings under the jurisdiction of the Province of Ontario, including

buildings to which the Crown in right of Ontario or a Crown agency has title

or of which the Crown in right of Ontario or a Crown agency is a lessee.

2. Appropriate municipal buildings to be determined by the stakeholder

advisory board.

3. Privately owned buildings to which the public has general access.

Guidelines

(1) The Ministry of Health and

Long-Term Care shall develop and publish guidelines in the use and

maintenance of portable defibrillators in co-operation with appropriate

health and emergency service stakeholders.

Same

(2) The guidelines shall take into account that the

defibrillators may be used by lay persons, employees and visitors to

buildings and that defibrillators may be temperature sensitive.

Training program

(3) The Ministry shall develop a training program and protocol

in the appropriate use of portable defibrillators in conjunction with

stakeholders that provide emergency services.

Protection from liability

(1) Any person who uses a

defibrillator pursuant to this Act on a victim of a perceived medical

emergency in good faith without gross negligence or reckless misconduct is

exempt from civil liability for any harm or damage that may occur from that

use.

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(2) Any person who owns or operates premises on which a

defibrillator is installed pursuant to this Act and who acts in good faith

without gross negligence or reckless misconduct with respect to the

defibrillator is exempt from civil liability for any harm or damage that may

occur from the use of the defibrillator.

Definition

(3) In this section,

"perceived medical emergency" means a situation during which the behaviour

of a person reasonably leads another person to believe that the person is

experiencing a life-threatening medical condition that requires an immediate

medical response regarding the heart or other cardiopulmonary functioning of

that person.

Commencement

(1) This Act, except for sections 2 and

3, comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Same

(2) Section 2 comes into force three years after this

Act receives Royal Assent.

Same

(3) Section 3 comes into force six months after this

Act receives Royal Assent.

Short title

6. The

short title of this Act is the Portable

Heart Defibrillator Act, 2001 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill would require that portable heart defibrillators be made

available and installed in significant public buildings, including privately

owned buildings such as shopping centres, arenas and stadiums that have

significant public access. The widespread installations would be completed

within three years after the Bill is enacted. The Ministry of Health and

Long-Term Care in consultation with emergency health stakeholders is required

to develop and issue training and education guidelines for the use of

portable defibrillators within six months after the Bill is enacted.

The Bill provides protection from civil liability for users of

defibrillators and owners of premises on which the defibrillators are

installed.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 18, 2002

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on Justice and Social Policy

December 5, 2001

Ordered carried over from previous session

December 5, 2001

Carried over to next session

December 4, 2001

Report recommended that the Bill be not reported and the motion was lost on division

December 3, 2001

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on Justice and Social Policy

August 30, 2001

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on Justice and Social Policy

August 29, 2001

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on Justice and Social Policy

June 28, 2001

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Justice and Social Policy

June 28, 2001

Second Reading

Carried

May 16, 2001

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May

16, 2001

Second Reading

June

28, 2001

Declared Carried and referred to the Standing Committee on

Justice and Social Policy.

Committee: Justice and Social Policy

August

29, 2001

August

30, 2001

December

December

4, 2001

Mr Duncan, Mrs Ecker, Mrs McLeod

Recommended that the Bill be not reported and lost on division.

June

18, 2002

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :

(1) This Act, except for sections 2 and 3, comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Same

(2) Section 2 comes into force three years after this Act receives Royal Assent.

Same

(3) Section 3 comes into force six months after this Act receives Royal Assent.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 51, 37-3
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Language	en
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