(i) has successfully completed a program accredited
by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
Education Programs or other nationally accredited
educational program for surgical technologists and holds
and maintains the Certified Surgical Technologist
credential administered by the National Board of Surgical
Technology and Surgical Assisting or its successor;
(I) HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A PROGRAM ACCREDITED
BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ACCREDITED EDUCATION PROGRAM
OR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR SURGICAL
TECHNOLOGISTS AND HOLDS AND MAINTAINS CREDENTIALS AS A
SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST. THE DEPARTMENT MAY PROMULGATE
REGULATIONS WHICH IDENTIFY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
ACCREDITED PROGRAMS WHICH MEET THE STANDARDS NECESSARY TO
PROMOTE THE PUBLIC GOOD AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
OF INDIVIDUALS IN A HEALTH CARE FACILITY;
(ii) has successfully 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;
(iii) provides evidence that the individual was
employed to practice surgical technology as the
individual's primary function in a health care facility
on the effective date of this act or was employed to
practice surgical technology during the two years
immediately preceding the effective date of this act; or
(iv) is in the service of the Federal Government, to
the extent that the individual is performing duties
related to that service.
(2) A health care facility that employs or contracts
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