Florida SB 162: Physician Certifications for the Medical Use of Marijuana

Bill Text

162 
Protection from Surgical Smoke 
2026-02-27T06:07:52Z 
Defining the terms “smoke evacuation system” and “surgical smoke”; requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, by a specified date, to adopt and implement policies to prevent patients and personnel from being exposed to harmful surgical smoke, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 162 

 By the Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; 
 and Senator Davis 

 603-03209-26 2026162c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to protection from surgical smoke; 
 3 creating s. 395.1013, F.S.; defining the terms “smoke 
 4 evacuation system” and “surgical smoke”; requiring 
 5 hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, by a 
 6 specified date, to adopt and implement policies to 
 7 prevent patients and personnel from being exposed to 
 8 harmful surgical smoke; providing an effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 11 
 12 Section 1. Section 395.1013, Florida Statutes, is created 
 13 to read: 
 14 395.1013 Smoke evacuation systems required.— 
 15 (1) As used in this section, the term: 
 16 (a) “Smoke evacuation system” means equipment that 
 17 effectively captures and filters surgical smoke before the smoke 
 18 makes contact with the eyes or respiratory tracts of occupants 
 19 in the room. 
 20 (b) “Surgical smoke” means the gaseous byproduct produced 
 21 by energy-generating devices, such as lasers and electrosurgical 
 22 devices. The term includes, but is not limited to, surgical 
 23 plume, smoke plume, bioaerosols, laser-generated airborne 
 24 contaminants, and lung-damaging dust. 
 25 (2) By January 1, 2027, each licensed facility shall adopt 
 26 and implement policies to prevent patients and personnel from 
 27 being exposed to surgical smoke that is deemed a health risk and 
 28 demonstrated by medical evidence as causing harm, including by 
 29 using a smoke evacuation system or any other appropriate measure 
 30 during any surgical procedure that is likely to generate 
 31 surgical smoke. 
 32 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.