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FL S0410
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 any surgical procedure 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 effectively 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, 2025, for all licensed facilities to have policies in place
- Carries an effective date of July 1, 2024, and is sponsored by Senator Garcia
Legislative Description
Protection from Surgical Smoke
Last Action
Died in Fiscal Policy
3/8/2024
Committee Referrals
Fiscal Policy1/16/2024
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