| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to nursing services; amending s. 395.0191, |
| 3 | F.S.; requiring hospitals to meet the requirements of a |
| 4 | federal regulation relating to registered nurses |
| 5 | performing circulating duties in operating rooms; |
| 6 | requiring circulating nurses to be present in operating |
| 7 | rooms during specified times; providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (2) of |
| 12 | section 395.0191, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 13 | 395.0191 Staff membership and clinical privileges.-- |
| 14 | (2) |
| 15 | (d) Each hospital shall meet the requirements of the |
| 16 | Medicare and Medicaid Conditions of Participation for Hospitals |
| 17 | under 42 C.F.R. s. 482.51(a)(3) as they apply to registered |
| 18 | nurses performing circulating duties in the operating room and |
| 19 | as provided in the interpretive guidelines provided by the |
| 20 | United States Department of Health and Human Services. A |
| 21 | circulating nurse shall be present in the operating room for the |
| 22 | duration of a surgical procedure. |
| 23 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |