SECTION 504. RESTRICTION.
Section 504 505. Scope of practice.
Section 505 506. Applicability.
SECTION 507. NONAPPLICABILITY.
Section 506 508. Departmental duties.
Chapter 21. Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 2101. Effective date.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
CHAPTER 1
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Section 101. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Central
Service Technician and Surgical Technologist Regulation Act.
Section 102. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Ambulatory surgical facility." As defined in section 802.1
of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the
Health Care Facilities Act.
"Central service technician." An individual who provides the
services of inspecting, assembling, decontamination,
preparation, packaging and sterilization of reusable medical
instruments or devices in a hospital or an ambulatory surgical
BEING USED BY A HEALTH CARE facility.
"Department." The Department of Health of the Commonwealth.
"Health care facility." A hospital, ambulatory surgical
center or freestanding surgical outpatient facility.
"Health care practitioner." As defined in section 103 of
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