AED Requirements by State

Alabama requires an AED in each public K-12 school, with at least one employee at each school designated to be trained i...

Since August 1, 2026, Arizona public schools serving any of grades 9-12 that sponsor athletics must provide an AED at ea...

Arkansas requires every health spa, a term that covers gyms, fitness centers and similar facilities, to have at least on...

California requires an AED in every membership health studio (Health and Safety Code § 104113) and in certain larger occ...

Connecticut requires each local and regional board of education to have an AED and trained staff at each school, unless...

Delaware law requires the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association board to adopt regulations requiring a clearly m...

Every school in the District, whether public, charter, independent, private or parochial, must have at least one AED on...

Florida requires every public school that is a member of the Florida High School Athletic Association to have an operati...

Georgia requires at least one functional AED on site at all times at every public K-12 school, easily accessible during...

Illinois requires AEDs at physical fitness facilities (210 ILCS 74/15) and at every school attendance center during the...

Indiana requires health clubs with at least 50 paying members or 30 pieces of motorized exercise equipment to keep an ac...

Since July 1, 2024, the board of education of each Kansas school district must adopt a cardiac emergency response plan f...

Kentucky requires a portable AED in every school building, a written cardiac emergency response plan and trained staff i...

Louisiana requires every physical fitness facility with more than 50 members to keep an AED on its premises (La. R.S. 40...

Maine requires each school administrative unit to develop and carry out an athletic emergency action plan for AED use at...

Maryland requires larger restaurants and grocery stores to have an AED (Health-General § 21-330.3, since January 1, 2025...

Massachusetts requires schools to keep at least one AED at each school facility where instruction is provided, with a CP...

From the 2025-2026 school year, Michigan requires public and nonpublic schools to have a cardiac emergency response plan...

From the 2026-2027 school year, Minnesota requires each school district and charter school to have a cardiac emergency r...

Since the 2024-2025 school year, each Mississippi public school must have a cardiac emergency response plan that include...

Starting with the 2026-2027 school year, each Missouri public school must develop and carry out a cardiac emergency resp...

Starting with the 2026-2027 school year, each Montana school district and nonpublic school with an athletic department o...

Nevada requires AEDs at certain public sites: each high school in school districts in counties of 100,000 or more people...

New Jersey requires an AED in every public and nonpublic school serving any of grades K-12, available during the school...

New Mexico requires every public, charter and private school to have a cardiac emergency response plan and to install an...

New York requires AEDs in each instructional facility of public school districts, BOCES and charter schools (Education L...

From the 2026-2027 school year, North Carolina requires each public school unit to adopt a cardiac emergency response pl...

Beginning with the 2027-28 school year, each North Dakota public and nonpublic school must adopt a cardiac emergency res...

Ohio requires an AED in each school of a public school district, chartered nonpublic school or community school, with an...

Each Oklahoma public school must have a sudden cardiac emergency response plan, and at each middle and high school site...

Oregon requires at least one AED in health clubs with 50 or more employees, patrons or members on a regular business day...

Under Act 17 of 2026, Pennsylvania school entities and nonpublic schools that take part in interscholastic athletics mus...

Rhode Island requires at least one AED and a CPR- and AED-trained employee on duty each shift in every registered health...

Subject to appropriations by the General Assembly, each South Carolina school district must run an AED program for each...

Tennessee's Smart Heart Act (Public Chapter 625 of 2024, effective July 1, 2024) requires every public school to have at...

Texas requires each school district to make at least one AED available at each campus, including during University Inter...

Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, each Utah public school's cardiac emergency response plan must place an AED on s...

Vermont requires each supervisory union and each approved independent school to keep an emergency operations plan for ea...

Virginia requires each local school board to place an AED in every public elementary and secondary school (Va. Code § 22...

Since June 6, 2024, Washington has required owners of membership-based fitness centers to acquire and maintain at least...

West Virginia requires an AED and a posted emergency action plan on site during all school athletic events and practices...