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OK HB1887

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Stan May

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires health care employers (hospitals, ambulatory surgical facilities, and outpatient surgical centers) to adopt and implement policies preventing exposure to surgical smoke
  • Mandates use of smoke evacuation systems during any surgical procedure likely to generate surgical smoke, with systems defined as equipment that captures and filters smoke at the source before contact with eyes or respiratory tracts
  • Defines surgical smoke as gaseous by-products from energy-generating devices including surgical plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, and long-damaging dust
  • Becomes effective November 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Public health and safety; definitions; surgical smoke policies for health care employers; effective date.

Last Action

Referred to Public Health

2/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Public Health2/4/2025
Health and Human Services Oversight2/4/2025

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