Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session
qualification requirements for performing surgical technology for a hospital or ambulatory surgery center.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill imposes qualification requirements for persons employed by a hospital
or ambulatory surgery center to perform surgical technology. The bill defines
surgical technology as surgical patient care that involves preparing the sterile field,
equipment, and supplies for surgery, and performing various tasks during surgery,
including handling equipment and supplies and irrigating and sponging an
operative site. Under the bill, a hospital or ambulatory surgery center may not
employ a person to perform surgical technology unless the person is certified by the
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting; has completed
training in surgical technology while serving in the U.S. armed forces or the federal
public health service; is employed to perform surgical technology on the effective date
of this bill; or is a licensed nurse, physician, or physician assistant or is otherwise
accredited by the Department of Regulation and Licensing to perform surgical
technology. The bill also requires those persons who qualify on the basis of
certification by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting to
complete continuing education relating to surgical technology.