Full Text of SB1908 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is | 5 | | amended by adding Section 8d as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 330/8d new) | 7 | | Sec. 8d. Surgical smoke plume evacuation. | 8 | | (a) In this Section: | 9 | | "Department" means the Department of Public Health. | 10 | | "Surgical smoke plume" means the by-product of the use of | 11 | | energy-based devices on tissue during surgery and containing | 12 | | hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, | 13 | | bio-aeorsols, smoke, gases, tissue and cellular fragments and | 14 | | particulates, and viruses. | 15 | | "Surgical smoke plume evacuation system" means a dedicated | 16 | | device that is designed to capture, transport, filter, and | 17 | | neutralize surgical smoke plume at the site of origin and | 18 | | before surgical smoke plume can make ocular contact, or | 19 | | contact with the respiratory tract, of an employee. | 20 | | (b) To protect patients and health care workers from the | 21 | | hazards of surgical smoke plume, the University of Illinois | 22 | | Hospital shall adopt policies to ensure the elimination of | 23 | | surgical smoke plume by use of a surgical smoke plume |
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| 1 | | evacuation system for each procedure that generates surgical | 2 | | smoke plume from the use of energy-based devices, including, | 3 | | but not limited to, electrosurgery and lasers. | 4 | | (c) The University of Illinois Hospital shall report to | 5 | | the Department within 90 days after the effective date of this | 6 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly that policies | 7 | | under subsection (b) of this Section have been adopted.
| 8 | | Section 10. The Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act | 9 | | is amended by adding Section 6.9 as follows: | 10 | | (210 ILCS 5/6.9 new) | 11 | | Sec. 6.9. Surgical smoke plume evacuation. | 12 | | (a) In this Section: | 13 | | "Surgical smoke plume" means the by-product of the use of | 14 | | energy-based devices on tissue during surgery and containing | 15 | | hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, | 16 | | bio-aeorsols, smoke, gases, tissue and cellular fragments and | 17 | | particulates, and viruses. | 18 | | "Surgical smoke plume evacuation system" means a dedicated | 19 | | device that is designed to capture, transport, filter, and | 20 | | neutralize surgical smoke plume at the site of origin and | 21 | | before surgical smoke plume can make ocular contact, or | 22 | | contact with the respiratory tract, of an employee. | 23 | | (b) To protect patients and health care workers from the | 24 | | hazards of surgical smoke plume, an ambulatory surgical |
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| 1 | | treatment center licensed under this Act shall adopt policies | 2 | | to ensure the elimination of surgical smoke plume by use of a | 3 | | surgical smoke plume evacuation system for each procedure that | 4 | | generates surgical smoke plume from the use of energy-based | 5 | | devices, including, but not limited to, electrosurgery and | 6 | | lasers. | 7 | | (c) An ambulatory surgical treatment center licensed under | 8 | | this Act shall report to the Department within 90 days after | 9 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 10 | | Assembly that policies under subsection (b) of this Section | 11 | | have been adopted. | 12 | | Section 15. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by | 13 | | adding Section 6.28 as follows: | 14 | | (210 ILCS 85/6.28 new) | 15 | | Sec. 6.28. Surgical smoke plume evacuation. | 16 | | (a) In this Section: | 17 | | "Surgical smoke plume" means the by-product of the use of | 18 | | energy-based devices on tissue during surgery and containing | 19 | | hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, | 20 | | bio-aeorsols, smoke, gases, tissue and cellular fragments and | 21 | | particulates, and viruses. | 22 | | "Surgical smoke plume evacuation system" means a dedicated | 23 | | device that is designed to capture, transport, filter, and | 24 | | neutralize surgical smoke plume at the site of origin and |
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| 1 | | before surgical smoke plume can make ocular contact, or | 2 | | contact with the respiratory tract, of an employee. | 3 | | (b) To protect patients and health care workers from the | 4 | | hazards of surgical smoke plume, a hospital licensed under | 5 | | this Act shall adopt policies to ensure the elimination of | 6 | | surgical smoke plume by use of a surgical smoke plume | 7 | | evacuation system for each procedure that generates surgical | 8 | | smoke plume from the use of energy-based devices, including, | 9 | | but not limited to, electrosurgery and lasers. | 10 | | (c) A hospital licensed under this Act shall report to the | 11 | | Department within 90 days after the effective date of this | 12 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly that policies | 13 | | under subsection (b) of this Section have been adopted.
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