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VA SB 537

Title: Hospital regulations; use of smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures.
Author: Lamont Bagby

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 HB 763.

Status
Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024

Bill Documents
VA SB 537 - Committee substitute printed 24105644D-S1
2024-01-10 - VA SB 537 (Committee substitute printed 24105644D-S1)

VA SB 537 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102777D
2024-01-10 - VA SB 537 (Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102777D)
VA SB 537 - Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
2024-01-10 - VA SB 537 (Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered)
VA SB 537 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB537ER)
2024-01-10 - VA SB 537 (Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB537ER))

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