Bill > SB378

This bill amends the Health Care Facilities Act to require ambulatory surgical facilities and hospitals to adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke through the use of smoke evacuation systems by January 1, 2025. The Department of Health will ensure compliance with this requirement during on-site inspections and in response to complaints. The bill defines "smoke evacuation system" as equipment and technologies designed to capture, filter, and remove surgical smoke, and "surgical smoke" as the plume generated from the use of energy-generating surgical devices, including smoke plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, and lung-damaging dust.