Job Summary:
To provide safe care for patients following established standards and practices in accordance with professional and hospital standards.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Graduate of high school or GED equivalency examination.
A person may not practice surgical technology in a health care facility unless the person meets one of the following requirements:
(a) has successfully completed an accredited educational program for surgical technologists and holds and maintains the Surgical Technologist Certification administered by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting, or its successor; however, upon completion of an accredited education program for surgical technologists, graduates may practice for up to three months before completing certification by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting, or its successor;
(b) has completed an appropriate training program for surgical technology in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard or in the United States Public Health Service;
(c) provides evidence that the person was employed to practice surgical technology in a health care facility in this State prior to January 1, 2008; or
(d) is in the service of the federal government, to the extent the person is performing duties related to that service.
