§ 449.261. Requirements for health care facilities
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: December 28, 2020
Effective: December 28, 2020
35 P.S. § 449.261
§ 449.261. Requirements for health care facilities
The following apply:
(i) has successfully completed a surgical technologist program sponsored by an entity holding nationally recognized institutional or programmatic accreditation and holds and maintains a surgical technologist certification from an accredited certification program. The department may promulgate regulations which identify nationally recognized accredited programs which meet the standards necessary to promote the public good and protect the health and safety of individuals in a health care facility;
(iii) provides evidence that the individual maintains a surgical technologist certification from an accredited certification program or was employed to practice surgical technology by the health care facility on or before the effective date of this section, or was employed to practice surgical technology as the individual's primary function in another health care facility at any time during the two years immediately preceding the effective date of this section.
(3) A health care facility may employ or contract an individual to practice surgical technology during the six-month period immediately following successful completion of a surgical technology program under paragraph (1)(i), but may not continue to be employed or contracted with beyond that period without documentation that the individual has obtained certification as required under paragraph (1)(i).
Credits
2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 710, No. 80, § 501, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].
35 P.S. § 449.261, PA ST 35 P.S. § 449.261
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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