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