RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 35 (SB 29) 2023 Regular Session Boudreaux
New law defines "surgical smoke plume" as the byproduct of using heat-producing
equipment on tissue during surgery.
New law requires licensed healthcare facilities which provide surgical procedures using
heat-producing equipment, including but not limited to electrosurgery and lasers, to adopt
and implement policies for a surgical smoke plume evacuation plan to mitigate and remove
the surgical smoke plume.
New law provides for the La. Department of Health to verify compliance with new law
through onsite surveys that are specific to surgical services, full licensing surveys, full
recertification surveys, and complaint surveys if allegations specific to surgical services are
alleged.
Effective August 1, 2023.
(Adds R.S. 40:2200.11)