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VA HB 763

Title: Hospital regulations; use of smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures.
Author: Karrie K. Delaney

Summary
Board of Health; hospital regulations; use of smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures. Requires the Board of Health to amend its regulations to require that every hospital where surgical procedures are performed adopt a policy requiring the use of a smoke evacuation system for all planned surgical procedures. The bill defines "smoke evacuation system" as smoke evacuation equipment and technologies designed to capture, filter, and remove surgical smoke at the site of origin and to prevent surgical smoke from making ocular contact or contact with a person's respiratory tract. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025 and is identical to SB 537.

Status
House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB763ER)

Bill Documents
VA HB 763 - House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
2024-01-09 - VA HB 763 (House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered)

VA HB 763 - Committee substitute printed 24105653D-H1
2024-01-09 - VA HB 763 (Committee substitute printed 24105653D-H1)
VA HB 763 - House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
2024-01-09 - VA HB 763 (House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted)
VA HB 763 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB763ER)
2024-01-09 - VA HB 763 (Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB763ER))
VA HB 763 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103393D
2024-01-09 - VA HB 763 (Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103393D)

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