Definitions

Section 530.100  Definitions Act – the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois [20 ILCS 2310]. Applicant – an Illinois school, public park district, forest preserve district, conservation district, sheriff's office, municipal police department, municipal recreation department, public library, college, or university that is applying for a grant under this Part. (Section 2310-371.5 of the Act) Automated External Defibrillator or AED – a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that: has received approval of its pre-market notification, filed pursuant to 21 USC 360(k), from the United States Food and Drug Administration; 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; 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 in the case of a defibrillator that may be operated in either an automatic or manual mode, is set to operate in the automatic mode. (Section 10 of the Automated External Defibrillator Act) Department – the Illinois Department of Public Health. Director – the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health. Fund – the Heartsaver AED Fund in the State Treasury. Grant Recipient – an Illinois school, public park district, forest preserve district, conservation district, sheriff's office, municipal police department, municipal recreation department, public library, college, or university that receives a grant under this Part. (Section 2310-371.5 of the Act)