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FL H0587
Bill
Status
Failed
5/5/2023
Primary Sponsor
Marie Woodson
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AI Summary
- Creates Section 395.1013, Florida Statutes, requiring all licensed hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt and implement policies mandating the use of smoke evacuation systems during any surgical procedure likely to generate surgical smoke by January 1, 2024.
- Defines "smoke evacuation system" as equipment that captures, filters, and eliminates surgical smoke at the site of origin before it contacts the eyes or respiratory tract of operating room occupants.
- Defines "surgical smoke" as the gaseous byproduct produced by energy-generating devices such as lasers and electrosurgical devices, including surgical plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, and lung-damaging dust.
- Effective date of July 1, 2023.
Legislative Description
Protection from Surgical Smoke
Last Action
Died in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
5/5/2023
Committee Referrals
Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee2/7/2023
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