Rep. Barbara Hernandez

Filed: 3/19/2025

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1598

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1598 on page 2, by
3replacing lines 1 through 6 with the following:
4    ""Health care facility" does not include: (i) a health
5care facility that is a critical access hospital as designated
6by the Department of Public Health in accordance with 42 CFR
7485, Subpart F; (ii) a rural emergency hospital as defined
8under subsection (kkk)(2) of Section 1861 of the federal
9Social Security Act; or (iii) a health care facility that is
10located more than 60 miles from an accredited surgical
11technology program recognized by this Act."; and
 
12on page 3, line 8, by replacing "2027" with "2028"; and
 
13on 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
 
3on page 4, line 12, by replacing "2027" with 2028"; and
 
4on 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.".