Section 23-6.2-1. – Declaration of policy.

§ 23-6.2-1. Declaration of policy. (a) The legislature recognizes the work of the American Heart Association in establishing that heart disease is a leading cause of death in this country as over three hundred and fifty thousand (350,000) Americans, including three thousand (3,000) Rhode Islanders, die from sudden cardiac arrest every year. Rhode Islanders currently […]

Section 23-6.2-2. – State to provide and distribute defibrillators.

§ 23-6.2-2. State to provide and distribute defibrillators. On or after September 30, 1998, the Rhode Island municipal police academy, after consultation with the coalition for public safety defibrillators, shall provide two (2) defibrillators for distribution to each and every city or town in the state, one defibrillator to the State House, one defibrillator to […]