# Effective Date of Requirement for Premarket Approval for Automated External Defibrillator Systems
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final order. · Published 2015-01-29 · Effective 2015-01-29 · 80 FR 4783
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-01619
- **Category:** fda-device
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 4783
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 870
- **Publication date:** 2015-01-29
- **Effective date:** 2015-01-29
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-2013-N-0234
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is issuing a final order to require the filing of premarket approval applications (PMA) for automated external defibrillator (AED) systems, which consist of an AED and those AED accessories necessary for the AED to detect and interpret an electrocardiogram and deliver an electrical shock (e.g., pad electrodes, batteries, adapters, and hardware keys for pediatric use).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/01/29/2015-01619/effective-date-of-requirement-for-premarket-approval-for-automated-external-defibrillator-systems)
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