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WI AB563
Bill
Status
Introduced
10/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
Nate Gustafson
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AI Summary
- Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers must adopt policies requiring smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures likely to generate surgical smoke
- Surgical smoke includes gaseous byproducts from energy-generating devices such as surgical plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, and lung-damaging dust
- Smoke evacuation systems must capture and filter surgical smoke at the site of origin before it contacts the eyes or respiratory tract of operating room occupants
- Health care providers may opt out of using smoke evacuation if they determine it is not necessary or advisable for a particular surgical procedure
- Department of Health Services is directed to enforce these requirements on covered facilities
Legislative Description
Requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke in operating rooms. (FE)
Last Action
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
12/15/2025
Committee Referrals
Health, Aging and Long-Term Care10/24/2025
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