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5353 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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5555 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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5757 SENATE BILL 933 By: Stanley
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6363 AS INTRODUCED
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6565 An Act relating to h ealth care facilities ; defining
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6868 providing for codification; and providing an
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7373 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
7474 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
7575 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Sectio n 1-708a of Title 63, unless there
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7777 A. As used in this section:
7878 1. “Surgical smoke” means the gaseous by -product, including
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8383 2. “Surgical smoke evacuation system ” means equipment designed
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8585 before the surgical smoke makes contact with the eyes or respiratory
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137137 tract of any individual occupying a room in which a surgical
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139139 B. A hospital or ambulatory surgical center licensed by the
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144144 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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