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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="21-330.3" title_number="21" title_name="Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Food Establishments">
  <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)” means a medical heart monitor and defibrillator device that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is cleared for market by the federal Food and Drug Administration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Recognizes the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Determines, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>On determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Requires operator intervention to deliver the electrical impulse; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Automatically continues with delivery of the electrical impulse.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Grocery store” means a store that has:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>All major food departments, including produce, meat, seafood, dairy, and canned and packaged goods; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>At least one of the major food departments; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>At least 12,000 square feet of floor space.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A grocery store that has an annual gross income of $10,000,000 or less; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A restaurant with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An annual gross income of $1,000,000 or less, exclusive of sales for off–premises consumption; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A seating capacity of less than 100 individuals.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each owner and operator of a grocery store or restaurant shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Place an automated external defibrillator in a prominent area, accessible to employees and customers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Maintain the functionality of the automated external defibrillator; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Comply with the applicable requirements of the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program provided under § 13–517 of the Education Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In addition to any other immunities available under statutory or common law:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A grocery store or restaurant is not civilly liable for any act or omission in the provision of automated external defibrillation if the grocery store or restaurant 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 a victim or 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 grocery store, restaurant, 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>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Department and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems jointly shall adopt regulations that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Establish guidelines for periodic inspections and annual maintenance of the automated external defibrillators;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Assist the owner and operator of a grocery store or restaurant in carrying out the provisions of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Require each grocery store and restaurant subject to this section to register with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems in order to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Make its location publicly available to emergency dispatchers; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Receive maintenance and recall notices from the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
