Section 12-310-102 - Definitions

As used in this article 310, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Database' means the database required by section 12-310-103.(2) 'Employer' means a health-care institution as defined in section 13-64-202, a health-care professional as defined in section 13-64-202, or an entity who either employs a registrant or who provides a registrant to a health-care institution or health-care professional on a contractual basis.(3) 'Register' has the meaning established in section 12-20-102 (11); except that to be registered does not mean that the registrant: (a) Has any particular qualifications or professional competency; or(b) Must be certified as a surgical assistant or surgical technologist.(4) 'Surgical assistant' means a person who performs certain duties, including: (a) Positioning the patient;(b) Providing visualization of the operative site;(c) Utilizing appropriate techniques to assist with hemostasis;(d) Participating in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques as appropriate;(e) Utilizing appropriate techniques to assist with closure of body planes;(f) Selecting and applying appropriate wound dressings;(g) Providing assistance in securing drainage systems to tissue;

iate;(e) Utilizing appropriate techniques to assist with closure of body planes;(f) Selecting and applying appropriate wound dressings;(g) Providing assistance in securing drainage systems to tissue; and(h) The duties specified in subsection (5) of this section.(5) 'Surgical technologist' means a person who performs certain duties, including: (a) Preparation of the operating or procedure room and the sterile field for surgical procedures by sterilizing supplies, instruments, and equipment;(b) Preparation of the operating or procedure room for surgical procedures by ensuring that surgical equipment is functioning properly and safely; and(c) Passing instruments, equipment, or supplies to a surgeon; sponging or suctioning an operative site; preparing and cutting suture material; holding retractors; transferring but not administering fluids or drugs; assisting in counting sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments; and performing other similar duties as directed during a surgical procedure.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-43.2-101 and amended by 2019 Ch. 136, § 1, eff. 10/1/2019.This section is similar to former § 12-43.2-101 as it existed prior to 2019.