Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1887 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1887 By: May
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40	40	AS INTRODUCED
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42	42	An Act relating to public health and safety;
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52	52	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
53	53	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
54	54	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-706.6 of Title 63, unless
55	55	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
56	56	A. As used in this section:
57	57	1. "Health care employer " means a hospital as defined in
58	58	Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or an ambulatory
59	59	surgical facility or outpatient surgical center;
60	60	2. "Smoke evacuation system " means equipment that effectively
61	61	captures and filters surgical smoke at the site of origin before the
62	62	smoke makes contact with the eyes or the respiratory tract of
63	63	occupants in the room; and
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90	90	3. "Surgical smoke" means the gaseous by -product produced by
91	91	energy-generating devices includi ng surgical plume, smoke plume,
92	92	bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, or long -
93	93	damaging dust.
94	94	B. A health care employer shall adopt and implement policies to
95	95	prevent exposure to surgical smoke by requiring the use of a smoke
96	96	evacuation system during any surgical procedure that is likely to
97	97	generate surgical smoke.
98	98	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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100	100	60-1-11652 TJ 01/07/25