| Last Action | 2nd reading, to Rules |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to surgical technologists. |
| Bill Documents |
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| Bill Request Number | 290 |
| Sponsor | J. Pendleton |
| Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B, relating to the licensure and regulation of health facilities and services, to regulate the practice of surgical technology; define "surgical technology"; prohibit the practice of surgical technology in a health facility by a person unless the person meets specified criteria; allow surgical technology practice if the person has successfully completed an accredited surgical technology education program and maintains national surgical technologist certification; permit surgical technology practice by a person who has completed a surgical technology training program in the U.S. Armed Forces or U.S. Public Health Service; grandfather any person who can prove that he or she was practicing surgical technology in a health facility for at least two of the five years prior to the implementation of the new oversight of surgical technology; exempt federal employees practicing surgical technology pursuant to their employment; allow surgical technology practice by a person for the six months immediately following the person's graduation from an accredited surgical technology school; permit the practice of surgical technology in a health facility by a person who does not meet the normal requirements if the health facility is unable to employ a sufficient number of persons who meet the requirements and the health facility documents its efforts in a written record retained at the health facility; authorize the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to create standards and requirements for health facility alternate employment of persons practicing surgical technology; require 15 hours of continuing education annually for persons practicing surgical technology who have been permitted to practice due to specified training; direct health facilities to verify that their surgical technology employees meet the continuing education and national certification requirements; mandate that health facilities supervise practitioners according to the health facility's policies and procedures; exempt registered nurses or other licensed or certified health care practitioners practicing surgical technology while acting within their scope of practice; establish the role and duties of persons practicing surgical technology under the supervision of a registered nurse operating room circulator; grant the Cabinet for Health and Family Services the power to oversee the practice of surgical technology; authorize the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to enforce the limitations on the practice of surgical technology. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Health and Medical Services - Surgical technology, require national certification to practice Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Surgical technology, require national certification to practice Licensing - Surgical technology, require national certification to practice Occupations and Professions - Surgical technology, require national certification to practice Physicians and Practitioners - Surgical technology, require national certification to practice Nurses - Operating room circulator supervising surgical technology, require a registered nurse to act as State Agencies - Health and Family Services Cabinet, limits on surgical technology practice to be enforced by |
| Proposed Amendments | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
| 02/10/09 |
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| 02/12/09 |
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| 03/06/09 |
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| 03/09/09 |
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| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Delete all original provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require certification from the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting before a person may profess to be a certified surgical technologist; mandate the same certification before a person may use the initials "CST" or any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying that the individual is a certified surgical technologist; make willful violation a Class B misdemeanor. |
| Index Headings |
Health and Medical Services - Surgical technology, require national certification to practice Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Surgical technology, require national certification to practice Licensing - Surgical technology, require national certification to practice Occupations and Professions - Surgical technology, require national certification to practice Physicians and Practitioners - Surgical technology, require national certification to practice Nurses - Operating room circulator supervising surgical technology, require a registered nurse to act as State Agencies - Health and Family Services Cabinet, limits on surgical technology practice to be enforced by |
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