Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05997 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5997
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1010 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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1313 Introduced by:
1414 REP. YOUNG, 120th Dist.
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1818 AN ACT CONCERNING SURGICAL SMOKE.
1919 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
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2222 That the general statutes be amended to require each hospital with 1
2323 surgical services and each ambulatory surgical center to adopt and 2
2424 implement, on or before January 1, 2023, a policy that requires the 3
2525 elimination of surgical smoke via the use of a surgical smoke evacuation 4
2626 system during any surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical 5
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2828 Statement of Purpose:
2929 To protect surgeons, operating room personnel and patients from the
3030 dangers of surgical smoke.