Cardiac Emergency Plans for School Sports

Current law requires a person or entity that acquires an automated external defibrillator (AED) to develop written plans for the placement, use, and maintenance of the AED (written plans). The bill eliminates the requirements that the written plans:

• Identify personnel authorized to use the AED; and
• Are reviewed and approved by a licensed physician.

The bill imposes requirements for cardiac emergency preparedness for public and nonpublic high school athletics. Beginning on or before the start of the 2026-27 school year, a school district, charter school, board of cooperative services, approved facility school, or Indian tribe (local education provider) shall require each public high school that it operates (public high school) to acquire an AED. The governing authority of a nonpublic high school shall require the nonpublic high school to acquire an AED.

Beginning on or before the start of the 2026-27 school year, the bill requires a public or nonpublic high school to place an AED at each venue that it owns or operates where athletic practices or events take place or in an unlocked location that is accessible during school-sponsored athletic practices or events in which the public or nonpublic high school is participating (accessible location). Beginning on or before the start of the 2027-28 school year, the bill requires AED placement at each venue where the public or nonpublic high school's athletic practices or events take place or in an accessible location.

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)