KS SB475

Requires all Kansas hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to use surgical smoke plume evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke, effective January 1, 2027

Defines surgical smoke as smoke generated from surgical devices, including surgical plume, bioaerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, and lung-damaging dust

Mandates that evacuation systems capture, filter, and eliminate surgical smoke at the point of origin before it contacts the eyes or respiratory tract of patients and staff

Requires facilities to adopt and implement policies ensuring evacuation of smoke plume from energy-based devices including electrosurgery and lasers

Applies to facilities licensed by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment