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Georgia · Snapshot Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17

O.C.G.A. § 31-7-23: Surgical smoke.

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  1. TITLE 31 Health
  2. CHAPTER 7 Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities
  3. Article 1 Regulation of Hospitals and Related Institutions

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “surgical smoke” means the gaseous by-product produced from the interaction of tools or heat-producing equipment used for dissection and hemostasis during surgical or invasive procedures.

(b) Each hospital and ambulatory surgical center shall adopt policies for the reduction of human exposure to surgical smoke.

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