{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-76-76-5a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 76, § 76-5A","heading":"Emergency use of automated defibrillator - Immunity from","body":"civil liability.\n\nA. 1. Any person who, in good faith and without expectation of\n\ncompensation, renders emergency care or treatment outside of a\n\nmedical facility by the use of an automated external defibrillator\n\nshall be immune from civil liability for personal injury which\n\nresults from the use of the device, except for acts of gross\n\nnegligence or willful or wanton misconduct in the use of such\n\ndevice.\n\n2. Course directors and trainers who have completed the\n\ntraining required by the State Department of Health for teaching\n\ncourses in the use of automated external defibrillators and\n\ncardiopulmonary resuscitation shall be immune from civil liability\n\nfor personal injury which results from the use of the device, except\n\nfor acts of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct in the\n\nteaching of such training courses.\n\nB. A prescribing physician who, in good faith and without\n\nexpectation of compensation, writes a prescription for the use of an\n\nautomated external defibrillator to render emergency care or\n\ntreatment shall be immune from civil liability for personal injury\n\nwhich results from the use of the device, except for acts of gross\n\nnegligence or willful or wanton misconduct in the prescribing of the\n\ndevice.\n\nC. An entity or individual who owns, leases, possesses, or\n\notherwise controls an automated external defibrillator shall be\n\nimmune from civil liability for personal injury which results from\n\nthe use of the device, except for acts of gross negligence or\n\nwillful or wanton misconduct.\n\nD. An entity or individual who owns, leases, possesses or\n\notherwise controls an automated external defibrillator shall\n\ncommunicate to the proper first responder the locations and\n\nplacements of the automated external defibrillator owned, leased,\n\npossessed or otherwise controlled by the entity or individual.\n\nE. For purposes of this section:\n\n1. “Automated external defibrillator” means a medical device\n\nconsisting of a heart monitor and defibrillator which:\n\na. has received approval of its premarket notification,\n\nfiled pursuant to 21 U.S.C., Section 360(k), from the\n\nUnited States Food and Drug Administration,\n\nb. is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of\n\nventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular\n\ntachycardia, and is capable of determining, without\n\nintervention by an operator, whether defibrillation\n\nshould be performed, and\n\nc. upon determining that defibrillation should be\n\nperformed, automatically charges and requests delivery\n\nof an electrical impulse to an individual’s heart;\n\n2. “Entity” means public and private organizations including,\n\nbut not limited to, the State of Oklahoma and its agencies and\n\npolitical subdivisions, a proprietorship, partnership, limited\n\nliability company, corporation, or other legal entity, whether or\n\nnot operated for profit;\n\n3. “First responder” means an individual certified by the State\n\nDepartment of Health to perform emergency medical services in\n\naccordance with the Oklahoma Emergency Response Systems Development\n\nAct and in accordance with the rules and standards promulgated by\n\nthe State Board of Health; and\n\n4. “Prescribing physician” means a person licensed to practice\n\nmedicine in the state pursuant to Chapters 11 and 14 of Title 59 of\n\nthe Oklahoma Statutes.","path":["OK Code","Title 76"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os76.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"83b9920da1e4aa218a7e6221433bedc431c8db1dfaa4f2a0edf4168e6ce8bd5c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-76-76-58.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-76-76-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}