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THE VIRGINIA BOARD OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS Surgical Assistants Surgical Technologists Summary of Staff Research to 23 July 2009 (Draft) 23 June 2009 Virginia Board of Health Professions 9960 Mayland Dr, Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233-1463 (804) 367-4400 Members of the Virginia Board of Health Professions David R. Boehm, L.C.S.W., Chair* Juan Montero, II, MD Paula Boone, O.D.* Vilma Seymour* Susan Chadwick* Mary M. Smith Lynne McNally Cooper Demis L. Stewart Jennifer Edwards* Sandra Price-Stroble Meera Gokli* Michael Stutts Mary Lou Argow Damien Howell, P.T.* Fernando J. Martinez* Billie W. Hughes John T. Wise, D.V.M. *Denotes Member of the Regulatory Research Committee or Ex Officio Member Susan Chadwick served as Chair of the Regulatory Research Committee Staff Elizabeth A. Carter, Ph.D., Executive Director for the Board Justin Crow, Research Assistant for the Board Elaine Yeatts, Senior Regulatory Analyst for the Department Carol Stamey, Administrative Assistant for the Board Background Authority 1 Study Scope Methodology 1 Overview of the Surgical Team 2 Surgery 2 The Surgical Team 3 The Sterile Team 4 Non-sterile Team 4 Managerial Roles 5 Surgical Technologists and Surgical Assistants 5 Supervision of Unlicensed Personnel in the Operating Room 5 Liability 6 Regulation 7 Employment Arrangements 8 In Practice 9 Patient Consent 9 Professional Organization 10 Surgical Technologists 10 Surgical Assistants 11 Scope of Practice 11 Surgical Technologists 11 Surgical Assistants 13 Overlapping Scopes of Practice 15 Scrub Person 15 First Assistant 16 Surgeons, Surgical Residents and Physicians 16 Nurses 17 Physician Assistant 18 Specialist Assistants 19 Cardiovascular Care 19 Ophthalmology 19 Orthopedics 20 Podiatry 20 International Medical Graduates 20 Regulation in Other States 21 Surgical Technologists 21 Illinois 21 Indiana 21 South Carolina 22 Tennessee 22 Washington 22 Surgica