Bill Text: CT SB00300 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Persons Who Decontaminate Reusable Medical Instruments Or Devices.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-09 - File Number 456 [SB00300 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00300-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
Substitute Bill No. 300 | |
February Session, 2014 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING PERSONS WHO DECONTAMINATE REUSABLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS OR DEVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2014) (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Central service technician" means a person who (A) decontaminates, prepares, packages, sterilizes, stores and distributes reusable medical instruments or devices in a health care facility, whether such person is employed by the health care facility or provides services pursuant to a contract with the health care facility, and (B) is not a health care provider acting within the health care provider's scope of practice or a student or intern performing such functions under the direct supervision of a health care provider as part of the student's or intern's training or internship.
(2) "Health care facility" means an outpatient surgical facility, as defined in section 19a-493b of the general statutes, or a hospital, as defined in section 19a-490 of the general statutes.
(3) "Health care provider" means any person or organization that provides health care services and is licensed in accordance with title 20 of the general statutes.
(b) (1) No person shall engage in the practice of a central service technician unless the person is certified by the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management or the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc. or is certified or otherwise recognized by another professional organization that is deemed acceptable by the Commissioner of Public Health pursuant to regulations adopted under subsection (g) of this section.
(2) Any person who has performed the functions of a central service technician prior to October 1, 2014, may engage in the practice of a central service technician on and after October 1, 2014, provided such person meets the certification or recognition requirements of this subsection not later than April 1, 2016.
(c) No health care facility shall employ or contract for the services of a central service technician unless such person meets the requirements of subsection (b) of this section. Any health care facility that employs or contracts for the services of a central service technician on October 1, 2014, shall provide written notice to such central service technician of his or her status as a central service technician.
(d) (1) Each central service technician shall complete a minimum of ten hours of continuing education annually. The continuing education shall be in areas related to the functions of a central service technician. A central service technician may request, in writing, an extension of time to complete such continuing education requirements from the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management or Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc. Said association or board may grant a central service technician described in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section an extension of time to complete such continuing education requirements. A health care facility may grant a central service technician an extension of time to complete the continuing education requirements.
(2) A request for an extension of time to complete the continuing education requirements under this subsection shall be granted for good cause, including, but not limited to, the medical disability or illness of a central service technician that requires an extended leave of absence from the central service technician's work or a central service technician's active service in the armed forces, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103 of the general statutes. Any central service technician who is granted an extension of time to complete the continuing education requirements because of a medical disability or illness shall complete such continuing education requirements not later than ninety days after the medical disability or illness that prevented completion of the continuing education requirement has been resolved. Any central service technician who is granted an extension of time to complete the continuing education requirements because of active service in the armed forces shall complete such requirements not later than ninety days after the central service technician's return to work from such active service.
(e) A health care facility shall, upon the request of a central service technician, verify, in writing, the central service technician's dates of employment or the contract period during which the central service technician provided services to the health care facility.
(f) The Commissioner of Public Health shall enforce the provisions of this section.
(g) The Commissioner of Public Health may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2014 |
New section |
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Subsec. (b)(2), "April 1, 2016" was moved to the end of the sentence, for clarity; and in Subsec. (d)(1), "Healthcare" was added before "Central", for accuracy.
PH |
Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO |