Department of Health Professions
Board of Medicine
Regulations Governing the Licensure of Surgical Assistants and Registration of Surgical Technologists
[18 VAC 85 ‑ 160]
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CLOSED Opened on 12/29/2014 and Ended on 1/28/2015
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| Comment Title | Commenter | |
|---|---|---|
| Let ABSA go in Virginia | Xueling Teng SA-C Inova health system | 1/28/15 11:56 pm |
| Please allow ABSA to continue in VA | Wengang Cao, Inova health system | 1/28/15 11:45 pm |
| ABSA | Pierre R Bruno,SA-C,MD | 1/28/15 11:42 pm |
| Include ABSA | Rina C Rivas SA-C | 1/28/15 9:51 pm |
| Include the ABSA | Nancy Lalande, Royal Academy of Surgical Assistants, Inc. | 1/28/15 6:43 pm |
| ABSA! | Essam Fawzy, SA-C, LSA | 1/28/15 1:40 pm |
| ABSA | Ilya Tikhonov | 1/28/15 12:37 pm |
| Concern regarding ABSA not being recognized | Marina Tikhonova S.A.-C. | 1/28/15 12:34 pm |
| Support for Chapter 531 of the 2014 Acts of the Assembly | Tina Putman CST, CRCST, Board Officer, Virginia Commonwealth Assn of STs | 1/28/15 12:30 pm |
| ABSA should be added to the list of approved credentialing bodies for Virginia. | Shannon W. Freyling, National Healthcare Training, LLC. | 1/28/15 11:30 am |
| Support for Chapter 531 of the 2014 Acts of the Assembly | Sandra K. Luthie,CST,FAST | 1/28/15 10:20 am |
| Training | Kyle Black, YEHSS | 1/28/15 10:14 am |
| Surgical Assistant Evolution | Jorge Ferrer LSA | 1/28/15 9:58 am |
| Please Don't Exclude American Board of Surgical Assistants(ABSA) | Elaine Viloria SA-C | 1/28/15 9:13 am |
| Support for Surgical Technologist and Surgical Assisting Regulations | Roy Zacharias, CST, FAST, President, Association of Surgical Technologists | 1/28/15 8:29 am |
| Kindly allow recognition of SA-C credential | Hufriya Aderianwalla, M.D., SA-C | 1/27/15 11:34 pm |
| ABSA- RECOGNITION FOR PATIENT SAFETY | AMGED YOUNAN, MD, SA-C, LSA | 1/27/15 11:18 pm |
| Virginia Commonwealth State Assembly of Surgical Technologists Supports Registration and Education | Frances A. Dargan M. Ed. CST, CSFA, President VCSA-AST | 1/27/15 9:32 pm |
| Request Approval and Reorganization of ABSA | oscar flores CSA/SA-C | 1/27/15 8:44 pm |
| Why exclude ABSA, a widely recognized and respected certifying agency | Dan Bump, ACE Surgical Assisting, Inc. | 1/27/15 7:42 pm |
| SA-C Should be accepted in Virginia | Keith Bump, ACE Surgical Assisting | 1/27/15 7:15 pm |
| requesting approval and recognization of ABSA. | Nora Flores/ School for Allied Health Professionals | 1/27/15 7:05 pm |
| the inclusion of ABSA/SA-C as a valid credential for Surgical Assistants in VA | James C. Bell Jr. CST,CSFA,SA-C | 1/27/15 7:00 pm |
| In favor of ABSA | Eugene Donchev, M.D. | 1/27/15 6:37 pm |
| ABSA is essential in supporting perfected surgery in the operating room. | riadh alqassab | 1/27/15 1:16 pm |
| Concerning proposal not to recognize the American Board of Surgical Assistants | Ibrahim Elfadil, American Board of Surgical Assistants | 1/26/15 11:24 am |
| ABSA | Antranik Kosyan SA-C MD | 1/25/15 8:39 pm |
| American Board of Surgical Assistants (ABSA) certified surgical assistants (SA-C's) | Paul F Weeks, MD, Founder & CEO, American Board of Surgical Assistants | 1/25/15 5:37 pm |
| ABSA Inclusion | Abdullahi Mohamud, MBBS, Jackson Surgical Assistants | 1/25/15 5:09 pm |
| Virginia Regulatory Town Hall “Public Comment Forum”. Regulation for Surgical Assistans | Boris Feldman, SA-C | 1/23/15 9:25 pm |
| ABSA should be recognized | Yonas Raru | 1/23/15 12:45 pm |
| 28 Years of excellence to the surgical community ABSA IGNORED | Boris Fernandez | 1/22/15 8:42 pm |
| (ABSA) SA-C SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZED | RAFAELA QUIROGA,MD | 1/22/15 8:19 pm |
| ABSA , SA-C neglected | Duo LI, Inova Healthy System | 1/22/15 6:46 pm |
| Surgical Assistant Credentials | Mary Valentine, LSA Key Access Institute, LLC | 1/21/15 8:45 pm |
| Support for Surgical Assistant Regulations | Dennis Stover, President, Association of Surgical Assistants | 1/21/15 1:42 pm |
| ABSA omitted | Jorge Ferrer LSA | 1/18/15 9:30 am |
| Support State Regulations | Stephanie Bullock, EVMS Student, MSA2016 Class Representative | 1/17/15 11:06 pm |
| Virginia Surgical Assistant Registration | Kevin Edwards CSA | 1/8/15 10:04 am |
| who decides what | Albert Bowden | 1/7/15 4:20 am |
| Registering Surgical Assistants | National Surgical Assistant Association | 1/6/15 9:16 pm |
| Regulations Governing the Registration of Surgical Assistants and Surgical Technologists | Deborah Ivory, Pres. The Virginia Association of Surgical Assistants | 1/6/15 4:24 pm |
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