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FL S0380
Bill
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 surgical procedures likely to generate surgical smoke
- Defines "surgical smoke" as gaseous byproducts produced by energy-generating devices such as lasers and electrosurgical devices, including surgical plume, smoke plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, and lung-damaging dust
- 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 room occupants
- Sets a compliance deadline of January 1, 2024, for licensed facilities to have policies in place
- Sponsored by Senator Garcia with an effective date of July 1, 2023
Legislative Description
Protection from Surgical Smoke
Last Action
Died in Rules
5/5/2023
Committee Referrals
Rules3/16/2023
Community Affairs3/7/2023
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