As used in this article 310, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Database" means the database required by section 12-310-103. (2) "Employer" means a health-care institution as defined in section 13-64-202, a health- care professional as defined in section 13-64-202, or an entity who either employs a registrant or who provides a registrant to a health-care institution or health-care professional on a contractual basis. (3) "Register" has the meaning established in section 12-20-102 (11); except that to be registered does not mean that the registrant: (a) Has any particular qualifications or professional competency; or (b) Must be certified as a surgical assistant or surgical technologist. (4) "Surgical assistant" means a person who performs certain duties, including: (a) Positioning the patient; (b) Providing visualization of the operative site; (c) Utilizing appropriate techniques to assist with hemostasis; (d) Participating in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques as appropriate; (e) Utilizing appropriate techniques to assist with closure of body planes; (f) Selecting and applying appropriate wound dressings; (g) Providing assistance in securing drainage systems to tissue; and (h) The duties specified in subsection (5) of this section. (5) "Surgical technologist" means a person who performs certain duties, including: (a) Preparation of the operating or procedure room and the sterile field for surgical procedures by sterilizing supplies, instruments, and equipment; (b) Preparation of the operating or procedure room for surgical procedures by ensuring that surgical equipment is functioning properly and safely; and (c) Passing instruments, equipment, or supplies to a surgeon; sponging or suctioning an operative site; preparing and cutting suture material; holding retractors; transferring but not administering fluids or drugs; assisting in counting sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments; and performing other similar duties as directed during a surgical procedure.
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