Health care facilities; requiring certain facilities to adopt and implement certain policy related to surgical smoke. Effective date.
SB 933 requires Oklahoma hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies using surgical smoke evacuation systems during procedures likely to generate surgical smoke. These systems capture and neutralize smoke at the source before it reaches medical staff or patients. The bill defines "surgical smoke" as the gaseous by-product from surgical devices and mandates facilities to prevent exposure through these systems. It applies to all licensed facilities performing smoke-generating procedures and takes effect November 1, 2025.
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Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action Feb 4, 2025
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Brenda Stanley
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