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2002 SESSION

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HB 1259 Surgical assistants; certification.

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

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Health professions; surgical assistants. Defines a "nonphysician 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. Nonphysician surgical assistants are certified individuals who provide such services, under the direction of a physician or, in the absence of a physician, that of a 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 physician or, in the absence of a physician, by a registered nurse that is within the scope of practice of a certified nonphysician surgical assistant.

FULL TEXT

• 01/17/02  House: Presented & ordered printed 022622796  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/17/02  House: Presented & ordered printed 022622796
• 01/17/02  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/05/02  House: Continued to 2003 in H. W. I. (22-Y 0-N)