Skip to main content Skip to office menu Skip to footer
Capital IconMinnesota Legislature
Office of the Revisor of Statutes

HF 4011

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/04/2024 03:48pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
Version List Authors and Status
Pdf Rtf

Bill Text Versions

Engrossments
Introduction Posted on 02/19/2024

Current Version - as introduced

Line numbers 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 2.1 2.2 2.3
2.4

A bill for an act
 relating to occupational safety and health; requiring surgical smoke evacuation
system policies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 182.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [182.678] SURGICAL SMOKE EVACUATION SYSTEM POLICIES.
 new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this
subdivision have the meanings given.
 new text end

new text begin (b) "Surgical smoke" means the gaseous by-product produced by energy-generating
devices including surgical plume, smoke plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne
contaminants, or lung-damaging dust.
 new text end

new text begin (c) "Smoke evacuation system" means equipment that effectively captures and filters
surgical smoke at the site of origin before the smoke makes contact with the eyes or the
respiratory tract of occupants in the room.
 new text end

new text begin (d) "Health care employer" means a hospital as defined in section 144.50, subdivision
2, or an ambulatory surgical facility or outpatient surgical center as defined in section 144.55,
subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Surgical smoke evacuation system policies required. new text end

new text begin A health care employer
shall adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke by requiring the
use of a smoke evacuation system during any surgical procedure that is likely to generate
surgical smoke.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Enforcement. new text end

new text begin This section shall be enforced by the commissioner under sections
182.66 and 182.661. A violation of this section is subject to the penalties provided under
section 182.666.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2025.
 new text end