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Get involved with the challenges to the practice on the legislative level. You'll find advice about how to become legislatively active and who to contact in your area.

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Surgical Patient Safety

AST Public Policy

AST advocates to ensure higher quality patient care through the enhancement of the profession of surgical technology before state and federal regulatory and legislative bodies and the public.

AST posts the latest public policy news, state-by-state information about surgical technology and surgical assistant laws and regulations, advocacy tools, and access to legislative alerts and updates as well as tools for communicating with elected officials.

AST's Legislative Mission

Model Legislation

Legislative Map w/ State-by-State Laws and Information

Legislative Map- *Members Only*

Current Legislation, Alerts & Advocacy

Legislative Alerts and Updates

Current Legislation

Advocacy Tools- *Members Only*

Public Policy Information and News

Public Policy News

Federal Health Care Reform

Surgical Patient Safety Resources and News for Policymakers

National Surgical Technology Week