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Require Surgical Smoke Protection Policies

It became law on Mar 28, 2019.

CO HB 19-1041 · House Bill · 2019A

Stage
Became law
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House
Sponsors
2
Latest action
Mar 28, 2019

What it does

Hospitals - regulation of surgical smoke - prevention of human exposure. The act requires each hospital with surgical services and each ambulatory surgical center to adopt and implement on or before May 1, 2021, a policy that prevents human exposure to surgical smoke via the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system during any planned surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke. Surgical smoke is a gaseous by-product produced by energy-generating surgical devices.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

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  3. Floor (Done)

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    Mar 28, 2019

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