Minnesota § 182.678 SURGICAL SMOKE EVACUATION SYSTEM POLICIES

Minnesota Statutes

§ 182.678 — SURGICAL SMOKE EVACUATION SYSTEM POLICIES

Minnesota § 182.678

PartLABOR, INDUSTRY

Ch. 182OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

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Minn. Stat. § 182.678 (2026).

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Subdivision 1.Definitions.

(a)For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given.

(b)"Surgical smoke" means the gaseous by-product produced by energy-generating devices including surgical plume, smoke plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, or lung-damaging dust.

(c)"Smoke evacuation system" means equipment that effectively captures and filters surgical smoke at the site of origin before the smoke makes contact with the eyes or the respiratory tract of occupants in the room.

(d)"Health care employer" means a hospital as defined in section144.50, subdivision2, or an ambulatory surgical facility or outpatient surgical center as defined in section144.55, subdivision 2, paragraph (b). Subd. 2.Surgical smoke evacuation system po

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Subdivision 1.Definitions.
(a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given.
(b) "Surgical smoke" means the gaseous by-product produced by energy-generating devices including surgical plume, smoke plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, or lung-damaging dust.
(c) "Smoke evacuation system" means equipment that effectively captures and filters surgical smoke at the site of origin before the smoke makes contact with the eyes or the respiratory tract of occupants in the room.
(d) "Health care employer" means a hospital as defined in section144.50, subdivision2, or an ambulatory surgical facility or outpatient surgical center as defined in section144.55, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).

Subd. 2.Surgical smoke evacuation system policies required.
A health care employer shall adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke by requiring the use of a smoke evacuation system during any surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke.

Subd. 3.Enforcement.
This section shall be enforced by the commissioner under sections182.66and182.661. A violation of this section is subject to the penalties provided under section182.666.