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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25. Health § 25-3-120. Regulation of surgical smoke--requirement to adopt a policy--definitions--applicability

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) On or before May 1, 2021, each hospital with surgical services and each ambulatory surgical center, licensed in accordance with this article 3, shall adopt and implement a policy that prevents human exposure to surgical smoke via the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system during any planned surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) “Surgical smoke” means the gaseous by-product produced by energy-generating devices including surgical plume, smoke plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, or lung-damaging dust.

(b) “Surgical smoke evacuation system” means equipment designed to capture and neutralize surgical smoke at the point of origin and before the surgical smoke makes contact with the eyes or the respiratory tract of the occupants of a room.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25. Health § 25-3-120. Regulation of surgical smoke--requirement to adopt a policy--definitions--applicability - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-25-health/co-rev-st-sect-25-3-120/

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