| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to health; establishing requirements for central service technicians; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. [148.781] CENTRAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subdivision 1.Application.This section applies to persons who perform the functions |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7of a central service technician in a health care facility. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 2.Definitions.For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9meanings given: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (1) "central service technician" means a person who decontaminates, inspects, assembles, |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11packages, and sterilizes reusable medical instruments or devices being used by a health care |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12facility; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (2) "health care practitioner" means a person licensed or registered under this chapter |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14and chapters 150A, 153, 153B, 154, 155A, and 156, including any intern, resident, fellow, |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15or medical officer who conducts or assists with the performance of surgery; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (3) "health care facility" means a hospital or ambulatory surgery center. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 Subd. 3.Requirements for central service technician.(a) A health care facility shall |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18employ or otherwise retain the services of a central service technician only if the central |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19service technician: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (1) has successfully passed a nationally accredited central service exam for central service |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21technicians and holds and maintains credentials administered by a nationally accredited |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-02336 as introduced02/14/25 REVISOR SGS/CH |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 2127NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: WIKLUND and Utke) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading03/03/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1central service technician credentialing organization, a certified registered central service |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2technician credential, a certified endoscope reprocessor credential, a certified sterile |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3processing and distribution technician credential, or a certified flexible endoscope reprocessor |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4credential; or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5 (2) provides evidence that the person was employed by or was retained as a central |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6service technician by a health care facility on or before December 31, 2027. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7 (b) A central service technician who does not meet the requirements of paragraph (a), |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.8clause (1), shall have 18 months from the date of hire to obtain a certified registered central |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9service technician credential, a certified endoscope reprocessor credential, a certified sterile |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10processing and distribution technician credential, or a certified flexible endoscope reprocessor |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11credential. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.12 (c) A person who qualifies to operate as a central service technician in a health care |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.13facility under paragraph (a) must annually complete ten hours of continuing education |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.14credits to remain qualified to operate as a central service technician. The continuing education |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.15required under this paragraph must be related to the functions of a central service technician. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.16 (d) Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit the following persons from performing the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.17tasks or functions of a central service technician: |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.18 (1) a health care practitioner; |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.19 (2) a person who holds or maintains a registration, certification, or license by a nationally |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.20accredited credentialing organization to perform health care services; or |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.21 (3) a student or intern performing the functions of a central service technician under the |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.22direct supervision of a health care practitioner as part of the student's or intern's training or |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.23internship. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.24 (e) A health care facility shall, upon the written request of a central service technician, |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.25verify in writing the central service technician's dates of employment or the contract period |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.26during which the central service technician provided services to the health care facility. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.27 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective 180 days after final enactment. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 25-02336 as introduced02/14/25 REVISOR SGS/CH |
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