As used in this Act:
     “Automated external defibrillator” means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 410 ILCS 4/10

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

        (1) has received approval of its premarket
    
notification, filed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 360(k), from the United States Food and Drug Administration;
        (2) is capable of recognizing the presence or absence
    
of ventricular fibrillation and rapid ventricular tachycardia, and is capable of determining, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed;
        (3) upon determining that defibrillation should be
    
performed, either automatically charges and delivers an electrical impulse to an individual, or charges and delivers an electrical impulse at the command of the operator; and
        (4) in the case of a defibrillator that may be
    
operated in either an automatic or a manual mode, is set to operate in the automatic mode.
    “Defibrillation” means administering an electrical impulse to an individual in order to stop ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia.
     “Person” means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or organized group of persons (whether incorporated or not).
     “Trained AED user” means a person who has successfully completed a course of instruction in accordance with the standards of a nationally recognized organization such as the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association or a course of instruction in accordance with the rules adopted under this Act to use an automated external defibrillator, or who is licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in this State.
     “Department” means the Department of Public Health.