As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR
A medical device, approved by the United States Food and
Drug Administration (FDA), that:
A.
Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence, in a patient,
of ventricular fibrillation and rapid ventricular tachycardia;
B.
Is capable of determining, without intervention by an operator,
whether defibrillation should be performed on a patient;
C.
Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically
charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to the patient's
heart; and
D.
Upon action by an operator, delivers an appropriate electrical
impulse to the patient's heart to perform defibrillation.
HEALTH-RELATED SERVICE
Service in a facility or facilities which provide or offer
lodging, board and physical care, including, but not limited to, the
recording of health information, dietary supervision and supervised
hygienic services incident to such service.
NURSING HOME
A facility providing therein nursing care to sick, invalid,
infirm, disabled or convalescent persons in addition to lodging and
board or health-related service, or any combination of the foregoing,
and in addition thereto, providing nursing care and health-related
service, or either of them, to persons who are not occupants of the
facility.
This article shall be enforced by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services in accordance with the provisions of Article
II of the Suffolk County Sanitary Code.
Willful failure to comply with §
400-24 of this article shall constitute a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.
The Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Health
Services is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and promulgate
such rules and regulations as he or she deems necessary to implement
and carry out the provisions of this article.
This article shall apply to all nursing homes and residential
health care facilities within Suffolk County subsequent to the effective
date of this article.
This article shall be null and void on the day that statewide
or federal legislation goes into effect, incorporating either the
same or substantially similar provisions as are contained in this
article, or in the event that a pertinent state or federal administrative
agency issues and promulgates regulations preempting such action by
the County of Suffolk. The County Legislature may determine via mere
resolution whether or not identical or substantially similar statewide
legislation has been enacted of the purposes of triggering the provisions
of this section.