Senate File 394 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1255) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring a circulating nurse to be present in operating 2 rooms during surgical procedures and providing an effective 3 date. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2128SV 83 6 jr/nh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135B.18B NURSE REQUIRED IN 1 2 OPERATING ROOM. 1 3 A hospital or outpatient surgical facility, as defined in 1 4 section 135.61, shall ensure that a registered nurse, 1 5 qualified by training and experience in operating room 1 6 nursing, is present as a circulating nurse in each separate 1 7 operating room where surgery is being performed for the 1 8 duration of the operative procedure. Nothing in this section 1 9 precludes a circulating nurse from leaving the operating room 1 10 as part of the operative procedure, leaving the operating room 1 11 for short periods or, in accordance with employer rules or 1 12 regulations, being relieved during an operative procedure by 1 13 another circulating nurse assigned to continue the operative 1 14 procedure. 1 15 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 16 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 This Act requires that a registered nurse, qualified by 1 19 training and experience in operating room nursing, shall be 1 20 present in each separate operating room where surgery is being 1 21 performed. The bill contains an immediate effective date. 1 22 LSB 2128SV 83 1 23 jr/nh/8