{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-23","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 31-7-23","heading":"Surgical smoke.","body":"(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.\n(b) Each hospital and ambulatory surgical center shall adopt policies for the reduction of human exposure to surgical smoke.","path":["TITLE 31 Health","CHAPTER 7 Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities","Article 1 Regulation of Hospitals and Related Institutions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.31.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"c2cf5f99e1563c50bc48d72c2faa542f32fa76f935f0ccc74865d5a7e92cb229","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-22","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-24-through-31-7-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}