Guide to Broward AED Ordinance, Section F-121, Requirements – Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) and Bleeding Control Kit (BCK)
All new and existing buildings needing to comply with the following sections, shall be provided a maximum of eighteen (18) months from the date approved by BORA to comply.
AED(s) and BCK(s) shall be installed in the following occupancies as defined in NFPA 101, Life Safety Code.
Assembly Occupancy:
- Fitness centers, gymnasiums, and indoor recreational centers with 1,500+ sq ft
- Any assembly occupancy with a capacity of 100+
- Places of worship with a capacity of 100+
- Assemblies exceeding 30,000 square feet and multi-story assemblies require additional devices where the travel distance exceeds five hundred (500) feet between AEDs
Business Occupancy:
- Office buildings/business occupancies with 20,000+ sq ft
- All dental offices in accordance with Florida Administrative Code 64B5-17.015
Day Care Occupancy:
- All adult daycare facilities
Educational Occupancy:
- All charter and private schools
Healthcare occupancy:
- Assisted living facilities as defined by Section 429.021(5)
- Ambulatory surgical centers as defined by Section 395.002 (3)
- Walk-in medical care facilities
Mercantile occupancy:
- Commercial and retail spaces with 35,000+ sq ft
- Mercantile Class A and multistory occupancies shall require additional devices where the travel distance exceeds 500 ft between AEDs
Residential occupancy:
- All hotels and motels
- Multi-story residential buildings with five (5) floors or more. Residential elevators supplying services to an independent dwelling unit only shall be exempt from this requirement.
- Multi-story residential occupancies listed above shall place an AED and BCK at every building entrance lobby no further than 15 feet from any elevator. The AHJ can modify the requirements of F-121.2.7 requirements based on the footprint of the residential building.
Installation and Operation:
AED(s) devices and Bleeding Control Kit BCK(s) shall be:
- Conspicuously located in plain view of the primary public entrance or by the elevator lobby with unobstructed access
- Readily accessible and immediately available when needed for on-site employees and the general public, including disabled persons
- Housed in a cabinet with a clear window in the door, an audible alarm signaling the opening of the door, permanently affixed to a wall, and whose top is no more than forty-eight (48) inches above the floor to prevent tampering, theft, or damage
- The AED shall be located below a sign having a minimum area of seventy (70) square inches and containing the letters “AED” and the universally recognizable symbol, which should be placed no more than sixty (60) inches, on center, above the floor
- The BCK shall be located below a BCK sticker. The BCK sticker may also be placed on the cabinet containing the BCK
- If there is more than one entrance or exit in the building, or if the building is multiple stories, the business owner shall place a sign at each entrance exit or elevator indicating the location of the automated external defibrillator device
- AED devices shall contain adult pads and pediatric pads as required
- With the exception of large occupancy BCK(s), shall minimally contain:
– Two (2) commercially manufactured tourniquets
– Two sets of gloves
– One (1) scissor
– Two (2) 3-inch gauze rolls
– Two (2) gauze combine pads.
- Places of occupancy that hold 500+ persons, regardless of occupancy classification, shall have a large occupancy BCK, which minimally contains:
– Eight (8) commercially manufactured tourniquets
– Four (4) Sets of gloves
– Two (2) scissors
– Eight (8) 3-inch gauze rolls
– Eight (8) gauze combine pads
- It shall be the responsibility of the owner/occupant to:
– Install the AED device and BCK
- Maintain AED devices and BCK in accordance with manufacturer-recommended maintenance requirements
- Your business is protected by Florida Statute. The provisions of Florida Statute 768.1325, and specifically the immunity from civil liability for any harm resulting from the use or attempted use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) device as found in Florida Statute 768.1325(3).
