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To enact section 4729.70 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
establish requirements for devices containing | 2 |
medical gases and to require the State Board of | 3 |
Pharmacy to establish a medical gases safety | 4 |
program. | 5 |
Section 1. That section 4729.70 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
Sec. 4729.70. (A) The state board of pharmacy shall establish | 8 |
and implement a medical gases safety program to ensure that | 9 |
devices containing medical gases meet the requirements of this | 10 |
section and are properly handled. | 11 |
(B) Each device that contains a medical gas shall meet the | 12 |
following requirements: | 13 |
(1) Either the top one-fourth of the device, which may | 14 |
include a hand grip on the top of the device, or the name of the | 15 |
medical gas contained in the device as printed on a transparent | 16 |
wrap that completely encircles the device, shall be color coded as | 17 |
follows: | 18 |
(a) Air - yellow; | 19 |
(b) Carbon dioxide - gray; | 20 |
(c) Cyclopropane - orange; | 21 |
(d) Helium - brown; | 22 |
(e) Nitrogen - black; | 23 |
(f) Nitrous oxide - blue; | 24 |
(g) Oxygen - green. | 25 |
The colors specified in this division may not be used for any | 26 |
gas other than those specified in this division. | 27 |
(2) A new label shall be affixed to the device if it is to | 28 |
be used for a medical gas other than the medical gas the device | 29 |
previously held. If possible, the old label shall be completely | 30 |
removed from the device and replaced with the new label. If | 31 |
removal is not possible, the new label, at a minimum, shall | 32 |
completely cover the old label. | 33 |
(3) If, pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, only | 34 |
the transparent wrap is used, the connector between the device | 35 |
that contains the medical gas and the valve through which the | 36 |
medical gas is delivered shall be one of the following: | 37 |
(a) A threaded or socket connection that is silver brazed or | 38 |
welded to the valve. If the connection is silver brazed, the | 39 |
silver content shall be at least forty-three per cent. | 40 |
(b) A permanent and integral part of the valve; | 41 |
(c) A device that indicates when it has been tampered with. | 42 |
(4) No device that previously contained a medical gas shall | 43 |
be used to hold a gas that is not a medical gas. No device that | 44 |
previously contained a gas that is not a medical gas shall be | 45 |
used to hold a medical gas. | 46 |
(C) No person shall remove a connector between a device that | 47 |
contains medical gas and the valve through which the medical gas | 48 |
is delivered or replace the connector with another connector | 49 |
unless the person meets standards the board establishes by rule. A | 50 |
person who violates this division is guilty of tampering with | 51 |
drugs pursuant to section 2925.24 of the Revised Code. | 52 |
(D) All employees who are responsible for installing or | 53 |
changing a device that contains a medical gas shall be trained | 54 |
regarding the proper handling of medical gases, including | 55 |
recognizing the labelling of devices that contain medical gas. | 56 |
(E) The board shall adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. | 57 |
of the Revised Code, rules to implement the program. The rules | 58 |
shall include criteria to ensure that individuals who modify | 59 |
existing containers to comply with rules adopted under this | 60 |
section are qualified individuals who know proper safety | 61 |
precautions concerning medical gases and devices that deliver | 62 |
medical gases. | 63 |