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| 1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 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.
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| 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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