General Guidelines
The American Heart Association grants permission to use algorithms, tables and illustrations from current ECC materials according to the fee schedule noted in the table below. The AHA no longer grants permission to use older black-and-white line drawing illustrations.
International Requests
Requests to translate CPR/ECC materials from outside the United States may take an additional 30 business days to process. Since copyright laws differ by country, it may be cost prohibitive for the American Heart Association to grant such requests.
Algorithms/Tables Fee Schedule
The table below outlines the fee schedule for use of algorithms and/or tables.
Number of algorithms, or tables |
Fee Schedule for in educational, nonprofit materials |
Fee Schedule for publishers |
Algorithms 1-3 (25%) |
$100 per algorithm + processing fee |
$400 per algorithm + processing fee |
Algorithms 4-8 (75%) |
$200 per algorithm + processing fee |
$600 per algorithm + processing fee |
| Algorithms over 8: | Considered a directly competing product. Permission not granted. | Considered a directly competing product. Permission not granted. |
Tables 1-3 |
$100 per table + processing fee |
$400 per table + processing fee |
Tables 4-8 |
$200 per table + processing fee |
$600 per table + processing fee |
| Tables over 8 | Considered a directly competing product. Permission not granted. | Considered a directly competing product. Permission not granted. |
Due to intellectual property considerations, permission cannot be granted for:
-
Use of more than 8 algorithms
-
Use of more than 8 tables
