Senate Study Bill 1255 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON RAGAN)


    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 2128SC 83
  6 jr/nh/8

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  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 employee 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 2128SC 83
  1 23 jr/nh/8