(1) A health care employer shall adopt policies that require the use of a smoke evacuation system during any surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke. The hospital or ambulatory surgical center may select any smoke evacuation system that accounts for surgical techniques and procedures vital to patient safety.
(2) The Occupational Safety and Health Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall ensure compliance with this section during any on-site inspection. [2021 c.362 §2]
Note: 654.413 becomes operative January 1, 2023. See section 4, chapter 362, Oregon Laws 2021.