Statute · New York Public Health Law
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2805-s — Circulating nurse required
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2805-s
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Public Health Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 2805-s. Circulating nurse required. A registered nurse, qualified by training and experience in operating room nursing, shall be present as a circulating nurse in any and each separate operating room where surgery is being performed for the duration of the operative procedure. Nothing in this…
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N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2805-s — Circulating nurse required is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 2805-s. Circulating nurse required. A registered nurse, qualified by training and experience in operating room nursing, shall be present as a circulating nurse in any and each separate operating room where surgery is being performed for the duration of the operative procedure. Nothing in this section precludes a circulating nurse from leaving the operating room as part of the operative procedure, leaving the operating room for short periods; or, in accordance with employee rules or regulations, being relieved during an operative procedure by another circulating nurse assigned to continue the operative procedure.