RN Circulator

Many of the issues identified in the AORN legislative priorities have been addressed by state and federal legislatures.

For example, 20 states have laws or regulations in place that are specific to having a registered nurse serve as the circulator in hospitals, and there are 14 states with similar language for ambulatory surgery centers. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has regulations related to the RN as Circulator although those regulations are not as comprehensive as the AORN legislative priority.

The grids below provide a summary of all RN Circulator statutory or regulatory laws as applied to hospitals or ASCs.

1) RN Circulator Hospitals Grid January 2010 (PDF)
2) RN Circulator Ambulatory Surgical Centers Grid January 2010 (PDF)

The maps below provide a summary of all RN Circulator statutory or regulatory laws as applied to hospitals or ASCs.

1) RN Circulator Hospitals Map January 2010 (PDF)
2) RN Circulator Ambulatory Surgical Centers Map January 2010 (PDF)

The grids below provide a summary of all RN Supervision of Surgical Technologists statutory or regulatory laws as applied to hospitals or ASCs.

1) RN Supervision of Surgical Technologists in Hospitals
2) RN Supervision of Surgical Technologists in ASCs