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2022 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 28 - Hospitals
2830 - Surgical Smoke Evacuation.

Universal Citation: NY Pub Health L § 2830 (2022)
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* §  2830.  Surgical  smoke  evacuation.  Every  general  hospital and
  ambulatory surgery facility licensed under this article shall adopt  and
  implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke through the use
  of  an  airborne  contaminant  evacuation system for each procedure that
  generates surgical smoke. This section does not apply to a facility that
  does not perform procedures that generate surgical  smoke.  As  used  in
  this  section,  "surgical  smoke" means the by-product that is generated
  from the use of an energy generating  surgical  device,  including,  but
  shall  not  be  limited  to,  surgical plume, smoke plume, bio-aerosols,
  laser-generated airborne contaminants, and lung damaging dust.  As  used
  in  this  section,  "airborne contaminant evacuation system" means smoke
  evacuation equipment and technologies designed to  capture,  filter  and
  remove  surgical  smoke  at  the  site of origin and before the surgical
  smoke makes ocular contact or contact with the respiratory tract of  any
  individual.

* NB There are 2 § 2830's

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