House
File
308
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
308
BY
LOFGREN
(COMPANION
TO
SSB
1035)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
hospitals
and
outpatient
surgical
facilities
1
to
report
data
on
the
use
of
a
registered
nurse
as
a
2
circulating
nurse
during
surgical
procedures
and
including
3
effective
date
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
5
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1814YH
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308
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
135.75A
Data
reporting
on
1
circulating
nurse
in
operating
room.
2
1.
a.
A
hospital
or
outpatient
surgical
facility,
as
3
defined
in
section
135.61,
shall
keep
written
records
regarding
4
the
use
of
circulating
nurses
in
each
separate
operating
room
5
where
surgery
is
being
performed.
6
b.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“circulating
nurse”
means
7
a
registered
nurse,
qualified
by
training
and
experience
8
in
operating
room
nursing,
who
is
present
in
an
operating
9
room
where
surgery
is
being
performed
for
the
duration
of
10
the
operative
procedure.
Instances
of
a
circulating
nurse
11
leaving
the
operating
room
as
part
of
the
operative
procedure,
12
leaving
the
operating
room
for
short
periods
or,
in
accordance
13
with
employer
rules
or
regulations,
being
relieved
during
an
14
operative
procedure
by
another
circulating
nurse
assigned
to
15
continue
the
operative
procedure
shall
not
disqualify
the
nurse
16
from
being
a
circulating
nurse.
17
2.
The
data
collected
pursuant
to
subsection
1
shall
be
18
made
available
to
the
public
at
least
annually.
A
circulating
19
nurse
shall
assist
the
administration
of
the
nurse’s
employing
20
facility
in
complying
with
this
section.
21
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
22
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
23
EXPLANATION
24
This
bill
requires
the
collection
and
public
reporting
25
of
patient
safety
data
regarding
hospitals’
and
outpatient
26
surgical
facilities’
use
of
a
registered
nurse
in
the
role
of
27
a
circulator
that
is
present
to
assure
quality
care
of
the
28
patient
during
surgery.
29
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