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2001 SESSION

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HB 2320 Surgical assistants.

Introduced by: S. Chris Jones | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Health professions; surgical assistants. Defines a "certified surgical assistant" and "intraoperative surgical care" and requires the Board of Medicine to establish a procedure for the certification of such individuals who meet the requirements established by the Board. Surgical assistants are certified individuals who provide such services, under the direction of a physician or registered nurse, as positioning and draping the patient, observing the operative site, assisting in incision closing or wound dressing, and any other task that may be delegated by the licensee that is within the scope of practice of a certified surgical assistant.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/01  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 010539796  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/10/01  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 010539796
• 01/10/01  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/03/01  House: Tabled in H. W. I. (21-Y 0-N)