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