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2016 SESSION
16100979DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 54.1-2956.12 and 54.1-2956.13 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54.1-2956.12. Registered surgical technologist; use of title; registration.
A. No person shall use or assume the title "registered surgical technologist" unless such person is registered with the Board.
B. The Board shall register as a registered surgical
technologist any applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that he (i) holds
a current credential as a certified surgical technologist from the National
Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting or its successor, (ii) has
successfully completed a surgical technologist training program during the
person's service as a member of any branch of the armed forces of the United
States, or (iii) has practiced as a surgical technologist at any time in the
six months prior to July 1, 2014, provided he registers with the Board by July 1, 2015 December 31, 2016.
§ 54.1-2956.13. Registered surgical assistant; use of title; registration.
A. No person shall use or assume the title "registered surgical assistant" unless such person is registered with the Board.
B. The Board shall register as a registered surgical assistant
any applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that he (i) holds a current
credential as a surgical assistant or surgical first assistant issued by the
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting, the National
Surgical Assistant Association, or the National Commission for Certification of
Surgical Assistants or their successors, (ii) has successfully completed a
surgical assistant training program during the person's service as a member of
any branch of the armed forces of the United States, or (iii) has practiced as
a surgical assistant at any time in the six months prior to July 1, 2014,
provided he registers with the Board by July 1, 2015 December 31, 2016.