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HB1598 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1598 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1598 on page 2, by | ||||||
| 3 | replacing lines 1 through 6 with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | ""Health care facility" does not include: (i) a health | ||||||
| 5 | care facility that is a critical access hospital as designated | ||||||
| 6 | by the Department of Public Health in accordance with 42 CFR | ||||||
| 7 | 485, Subpart F; (ii) a rural emergency hospital as defined | ||||||
| 8 | under subsection (kkk)(2) of Section 1861 of the federal | ||||||
| 9 | Social Security Act; or (iii) a health care facility that is | ||||||
| 10 | located more than 60 miles from an accredited surgical | ||||||
| 11 | technology program recognized by this Act."; and | ||||||
| 12 | on page 3, line 8, by replacing "2027" with "2028"; and | ||||||
| 13 | on page 3, by replacing lines 10 through 16 with the following: | ||||||
| 14 | "(1) The surgical technologist has successfully | ||||||
| 15 | completed a nationally accredited program for surgical | ||||||
| 16 | technologists and is certified through the National Board | ||||||
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| 1 | of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting or the | ||||||
| 2 | National Center for Competency Testing."; and | ||||||
| 3 | on page 4, line 12, by replacing "2027" with 2028"; and | ||||||
| 4 | on page 4, by replacing Lines 13 through 17 with the following: | ||||||
| 5 | "Section 15. Exemptions. Nothing in this Act prohibits: | ||||||
| 6 | (1) a person licensed in this State under any other | ||||||
| 7 | Act from engaging in the practice for which the person is | ||||||
| 8 | licensed, including, but not limited to, a physician | ||||||
| 9 | licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, a | ||||||
| 10 | physician assistant, an advanced practice registered | ||||||
| 11 | nurse, or a nurse performing surgery-related tasks within | ||||||
| 12 | the scope of the nurse's license or registration; or | ||||||
| 13 | (2) a student or intern from performing surgical | ||||||
| 14 | technology services under direct supervision, as defined | ||||||
| 15 | in the Registered Surgical Assistant and Registered | ||||||
| 16 | Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act.". | ||||||