CT SB00300

Central service technicians must be certified by the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management, the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc., or another Commissioner of Public Health-approved organization effective October 1, 2014.

Persons already performing central service technician functions before October 1, 2014, must obtain required certification by April 1, 2016.

Health care facilities (hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities) must employ or contract only certified central service technicians and must provide written notice of technician status to affected employees.

Central service technicians must complete a minimum of 10 hours of continuing education annually in areas related to their functions, with extensions available for medical disability, illness, or active military service.

The Commissioner of Public Health is authorized to enforce this section and adopt implementing regulations.