NRS 450B.0505
“Automated external defibrillator” and “defibrillator” defined.

“Automated external defibrillator” or “defibrillator” means a medical device that:

1.

Has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration;

2.

Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation and rapid ventricular tachycardia in a patient;

3.

Is capable of determining, without intervention by the operator of the device, whether defibrillation should be performed on a patient;

4.

Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed on a patient, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to the patient’s heart; and

5.

Upon appropriate action by the operator of the device, delivers an appropriate electrical impulse to the patient’s heart.

Source: Section 450B.0505 — “Automated external defibrillator” and “defibrillator” defined., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-450B.­html#NRS450BSec0505 (accessed May 26, 2025).

May 26, 2025

§ 450B.0505. “Automated external defibrillator” & “defibrillator” defined.'s source at nv​.us