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2012 SESSION
SB 313 Surgical assistants and surgical technologists; licensure and certification by Board of Medicine.
Introduced by: Harry B. Blevins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Surgical assistants and surgical technologists; licensure and certification by the Board of Medicine. Requires surgical assistants to be licensed and surgical technologists to be certified by the Board of Medicine. The bill also grandfathers in surgical assistants and surgical technologists practicing at any time during the six months prior to July 1, 2012, and allows a 12-month grace period in order to meet licensure and certification requirements for those completing a training program between July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2013.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103511D
- 01/10/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/18/12 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Licensing
- 02/09/12 Senate: Continued to 2013 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)