                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGISTERED SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; USE OF TITLE; REGISTRATION (§ 54.1-2956.12)

A. No person shall hold himself out to be a surgical technologist or use or
assume the title of &#8220;surgical technologist&#8221; or &#8220;certified
surgical technologist,&#8221; or use the designation &#8220;S.T.&#8221; or any
variation thereof, unless such person is certified by the Board. No person shall
use the designation &#8220;C.S.T.&#8221; or any variation thereof unless such
person (i) is certified by the Board and (ii) has successfully completed an
accredited surgical technologist training program and holds a current credential
as a certified surgical technologist from the National Board of Surgical
Technology and Surgical Assisting or its successor.

B. The Board shall certify as a surgical technologist any applicant who presents
satisfactory evidence that he (i) has successfully completed an accredited
surgical technologist training program and holds a current credential as a
certified surgical technologist from the National Board of Surgical Technology
and Surgical Assisting or its successor, (ii) has successfully completed a
training program for surgical technology during the person&#8217;s service as a
member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States, (iii) has
successfully completed a surgical technologist apprenticeship program registered
with the U.S. Department of Labor, (iv) has successfully completed a
hospital-based surgical technologist training program approved by the Board, (v)
has successfully completed a surgical technologist training program through an
institution or program accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation
organization and holds a current credential as a surgical technologist from an
entity approved by the Board, or (vi) has practiced as a surgical technologist
or attended a surgical technologist training program at any time prior to
October 1, 2022, provided he registers with the Board by December 31, 2023.

HISTORY: 2014, c. 531; 2016, c. 99; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 230; 2022, c. 71;
2023, c. 792.