Bill Text: MS HB954 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Nurse; require to be present in operating or invasive procedure room for duration of operative or invasive procedure.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB954 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-HB954-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services
By: Representative Holland
House Bill 954
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT A REGISTERED NURSE QUALIFIED IN OPERATING ROOM NURSING BE PRESENT AS A CIRCULATING NURSE DURING ANY OPERATIVE OR INVASIVE PROCEDURE IN AN OPERATING ROOM OR INVASIVE PROCEDURE ROOM FOR THE DURATION OF THE OPERATIVE OR INVASIVE PROCEDURE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) For the purposes of this section, the term "invasive procedure" is defined as the puncture or incision of the skin, insertion of an instrument, or insertion of foreign material into the body, which may be performed for diagnostic or treatment related purposes.
(2) During any operative or invasive procedure, a registered nurse who is qualified by training and experience in operating room nursing shall be present as a circulating nurse in any and each separate operating room and in any and each separate invasive procedure room for the duration of the operative or invasive procedure.
(3) Nothing in this section precludes a circulating nurse from leaving the operating room or invasive procedure room as part of the operative or invasive procedure; leaving the operating room or invasive procedure room for short periods; or, in accordance with employee rules or regulations, being relieved during an operative or invasive procedure by another circulating nurse assigned to continue the operative or invasive procedure.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.
