Section 6-60-121 - Automated external defibrillators required - Automated external defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation programs(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in collaboration with all public university and community college presidents and chancellors or their designees, shall develop and adopt rules to require that: (1) An automated external defibrillator be placed in appropriate locations across each institution of higher education campus as determined by rule;(2) Appropriate personnel be adequately trained on an ongoing basis; and(3) Each institution of higher education-sponsored sporting event have an automated external defibrillator at the institution of higher education-sponsored sporting event.(b) The board, after consultation with the Department of Health, shall develop rules based on guidelines for automated external defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training that incorporates at least the following: (1) Healthcare provider oversight, including planning and review of the selection, placement, and maintenance of automated external defibrillators;(2) Appropriate training of anticipated rescuers in the use of the automated external defibrillator and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation;(3) Testing of psychomotor skills based on the American Heart Association scientific guidelines, standards, and recommendations for the use of the automated external defibrillator, as they existed on January 1, 2023, and for providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation as published by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross, as they existed on January 1, 2023, or equivalent course materials;(4) Coordination with the emergency medical services system; and(5) An ongoing quality improvement program to monitor training and evaluate the response with each use of the automated external defibrillator.(c) Automated external defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training shall count fully toward the existing professional development requirements for personnel.Added by Act 2023, No. 737,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.