Public Act 102-0750
 
SB3011 EnrolledLRB102 20072 CPF 31783 b


  
    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is 
amended  by renumbering and changing Section 8d, as added by 
Public Act 102-533, as follows:
 
 

    (110 ILCS 330/8f)

 
    Sec. 8f 8d. Surgical smoke plume evacuation.
    (a) In this Section:
    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
    "Surgical smoke plume" means the by-product of the use of 
energy-based devices on tissue during surgery and containing 
hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, 
bioaerosols bio-aeorsols, smoke, gases, tissue and cellular 
fragments and particulates, and viruses.
    "Surgical smoke plume evacuation system" means a dedicated 
device  that is designed to capture, transport, and filter, and 
neutralize surgical smoke plume at the site of origin and 
before it can diffuse and pose a risk to the occupants of the 
operating or treatment room surgical smoke plume can make 
ocular contact, or contact with the respiratory tract, of an 
employee.
    (b) To protect patients and health care workers from the 
hazards of surgical smoke plume, the University of Illinois 
Hospital shall adopt policies to ensure the elimination of 
surgical smoke plume by use of a surgical smoke plume 
evacuation system for each procedure that generates surgical 
smoke plume from the use of energy-based devices, including, 
but not limited to, electrosurgery and lasers.
    (c) The University of Illinois Hospital shall report to 
the Department within 90 days after January 1, 2022 (the 
effective date of Public Act 102-533) this amendatory Act of 
the 102nd General Assembly that policies under subsection (b) 
of this Section have been adopted. 

(Source: P.A. 102-533, eff. 1-1-22; revised 11-9-21.)
  
 
    Section 10. The Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act 
is amended  by changing Section 6.9 as follows:
 
    (210 ILCS 5/6.9)
    Sec. 6.9. Surgical smoke plume evacuation.
    (a) In this Section:
    "Surgical smoke plume" means the by-product of the use of 
energy-based devices on tissue during surgery and containing 
hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, 
bioaerosols bio-aeorsols, smoke, gases, tissue and cellular 
fragments and particulates, and viruses.
    "Surgical smoke plume evacuation system" means a dedicated 
device  that is designed to capture, transport, and filter, and 
neutralize surgical smoke plume at the site of origin and 
before it can diffuse and pose a risk to the occupants of the 
operating or treatment room surgical smoke plume can make 
ocular contact, or contact with the respiratory tract, of an 
employee.
    (b) To protect patients and health care workers from the 
hazards of surgical smoke plume, an ambulatory surgical 
treatment center licensed under this Act shall adopt policies 
to ensure the elimination of surgical smoke plume by use of a 
surgical smoke plume evacuation system for each procedure that 
generates surgical smoke plume from the use of energy-based 
devices, including, but not limited to, electrosurgery and 
lasers.
    (c) An ambulatory surgical treatment center licensed under 
this Act shall report to the Department within 90 days after 
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General 
Assembly that policies under subsection (b) of this Section 
have been adopted. 

(Source: P.A. 102-533, eff. 1-1-22; revised 11-22-21.)
 
    Section 15. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended  by 
renumbering and changing Section 6.28, as added by Public Act 
102-533, as follows:
 
 

    (210 ILCS 85/6.32)

 
    Sec. 6.32 6.28. Surgical smoke plume evacuation.
    (a) In this Section:
    "Surgical smoke plume" means the by-product of the use of 
energy-based devices on tissue during surgery and containing 
hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, 
bioaerosols bio-aeorsols, smoke, gases, tissue and cellular 
fragments and particulates, and viruses.
    "Surgical smoke plume evacuation system" means a dedicated 
device  that is designed to capture, transport, and filter, and 
neutralize surgical smoke plume at the site of origin and 
before it can diffuse and pose a risk to the occupants of the 
operating or treatment room surgical smoke plume can make 
ocular contact, or contact with the respiratory tract, of an 
employee.
    (b) To protect patients and health care workers from the 
hazards of surgical smoke plume, a hospital licensed under 
this Act shall adopt policies to ensure the elimination of 
surgical smoke plume by use of a surgical smoke plume 
evacuation system for each procedure that generates surgical 
smoke plume from the use of energy-based devices, including, 
but not limited to, electrosurgery and lasers.
    (c) A hospital licensed under this Act shall report to the 
Department within 90 days after January 1, 2022 (the effective 
date of Public Act 102-533) this amendatory Act of the 102nd 
General Assembly that policies under subsection (b) of this 
Section have been adopted. 

(Source: P.A. 102-533, eff. 1-1-22; revised 11-10-21.)
  
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law. 
  


Effective Date:  5/6/2022