135.26 - AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR GRANT PROGRAM.

        135.26  AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR GRANT
      PROGRAM.
         The department shall establish and implement an automated external
      defibrillator grant program which provides matching funds to local
      boards of health, community organizations, or cities for the program
      after standards and requirements for the utilization of automated
      external defibrillator equipment, and training on the use of such
      equipment, are developed at the local level.  The objective of the
      program shall be to enhance the emergency response system in rural
      areas of the state where access to health care providers is often
      limited by providing increased access to automated external
      defibrillator equipment by rural emergency and community personnel.
      A local board of health, community organization, or city may submit
      an application to the department for review.  The department shall
      establish criteria for the review and approval of grant applications
      by rule, and may accept gifts, grants, bequests, and other private
      contributions, as well as state or federal funds, for purposes of the
      program.  The amount of a grant shall not exceed fifty percent of the
      cost of the automated external defibrillator equipment to be
      distributed to the applicant and the training program to be
      administered by the applicant at the local level.  Each application
      shall include information demonstrating that the applicant will
      provide matching funds of fifty percent of the cost of the program.
      Grant recipients shall submit an annual report to the department
      indicating automated external defibrillator equipment usage levels,
      patient outcomes, and number of individuals trained.  For the
      purposes of this section, "rural" means a geographic area outside
      an urban or suburban setting with a population of less than fifty
      thousand persons.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2004 Acts, ch 1034, §1, 2; 2006 Acts, ch 1181, §7