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§ 449.262. Continuing education

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: December 28, 2020

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1N. Central Service Technician and Surgical Technologist Regulation Act
Chapter 5. Surgical Technologies
Effective: December 28, 2020
35 P.S. § 449.262
§ 449.262. Continuing education
Currentness
(a) Compliance.--An individual who is employed by or contracts with a health care facility to practice surgical technology and is certified under section 501(1)(i)1 shall:
(1) comply with the continuing education requirements specified by the credentialing organization as necessary to keep the certification current; and
(2) provide proof of compliance with the continuing education requirements to the health care facility upon request.
(b) Additional requirement.--An individual who is employed by or contracts with a health care facility to practice surgical technology and is not certified under section 501(1)(i) or has let the individual's certification lapse shall:
(1) complete 30 hours of relevant continuing education every two years in order to remain eligible to practice surgical technology; and
(2) be responsible for proving, to the satisfaction of the health care facility, that the individual complies with this subsection.
(c) Verification.--A health care facility that employs or contracts with an individual to practice surgical technology shall verify that the individual meets the continuing education requirements under subsection (b).

Credits

2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 710, No. 80, § 502, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].

Footnotes

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35 P.S. § 449.261.
35 P.S. § 449.262, PA ST 35 P.S. § 449.262
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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