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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="23-102.2" title_number="23" title_name="Libraries" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Library Agencies">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Automated external defibrillator (AED)” has the meaning stated in § 13–517 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Library” means:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Each branch of a county library system; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The Enoch Pratt Free Library.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Library” does not include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>A school library established by a local school system;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A mobile library unit; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>A correctional facility library.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Beginning January 1, 2026, each library shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Place an automated external defibrillator in a prominent area, accessible to employees and library users;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Comply with § 13–517 of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Maintain the functionality of the automated external defibrillator.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In addition to any other immunities available under statutory or common law:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A library is not civilly liable for any act or omission in the provision of automated external defibrillation if the library has satisfied the requirements under this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual is not civilly liable for any act or omission if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The individual is acting in good faith while rendering automated external defibrillation to another individual who is the victim or is reasonably believed by the individual to be a victim of a sudden cardiac arrest;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The assistance or aid is provided in a reasonably prudent manner; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The automated external defibrillation is provided without fee or other compensation; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A library or individual is not civilly liable for failing to render automated external defibrillation to an individual who is a victim or is reasonably believed to be a victim of a sudden cardiac arrest.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
