Bill > S2933

This bill regulates central service technicians, who are responsible for decontaminating, inspecting, assembling, packaging, or sterilizing reusable medical instruments or devices used by healthcare facilities. The key provisions are: (1) healthcare facilities must ensure central service technicians hold and maintain a nationally accredited central service credential within 18 months of their hire date; (2) central service technicians must complete 10 hours of continuing education credits annually; and (3) the credential requirement applies to existing central service technicians within 2 years of the bill's effective date. The bill exempts healthcare practitioners, allied health professionals, and students/interns from the credential requirement when performing central service technician tasks.

Budget and Finance

Senate Committee on Ways and Means (S)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2933