Legislative
Updates
Defibrillator Bill Signed Into Law
- Legislation was signed by the Governor on
Wednesday, December 14, 2007, that will require
outdoor football stadiums, soccer fields,
baseball fields and other outdoor facilities to
have an automated external defibrillator (AED)
on hand to help save lives in the event of a
medical emergency. Specifically, House Bill 1279
adds outdoor physical fitness and sports
facilities to the list of facilities currently
required to have defibrillators.
Those locations already
required to have defibrillators include swimming
pools, stadiums, athletic fields, track and
field facilities, tennis courts, basketball
courts, or volleyball courts that are owned or
operated by a park district, or other unit of
local government, a public or private elementary
or secondary school, college, university, or
technical or trade school.
Details of the new legislation include:
The defibrillator must be
stored in an accessible building within 300 feet
of the outdoor facility and the building’s
entrances must have signs with directions to the
AED. If there is not a building within 300 feet,
the supervisor of the activity must make sure a
defibrillator is available during the event or
activity. Physical fitness facilities that are
owned or operated by the forest preserve
district or conservation district, such as
hiking trails in nature preserves, are exempt.
Any indoor or outdoor physical fitness
facilities are required to ensure a trained AED
user is present during all physical fitness
activities. Current law only requires facilities
to have a trained AED user on staff.
Every
privately owned outdoor physical fitness
facility must comply with this bill by July 1,
2009.
Public entities that own four or fewer outdoor
physical fitness facilities must comply by:
July 1, 2009 for the first facility
July 1, 2010 for the second facility
July 1, 2011 for the third facility
July 1, 2012 for the fourth facility
Public entities that own more than four outdoor
physical fitness facilities must comply by:
July 1, 2009 for 25% of those facilities
July 1, 2010 for 50% of those facilities
July 1, 2011 for 75% of those facilities
July 1, 2012 for 100% of those facilities
HB 1279 becomes effective upon approval by the
General Assembly of the Governor’s amendatory
veto.
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New Laws Effective January 1, 2008
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Each year, the Illinois General
Assembly considers and approves of hundreds of
pieces of legislation, with many not officially
becoming a law until the following year. With
that in mind, click here to read about a few
bills that will become law on January 1, 2008.
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