Section 31-7-23 - Surgical smoke(a) As used in this Code section, the term "surgical smoke" means the gaseous by-product produced from the interaction of tools or heat-producing equipment used for dissection and hemostasis during surgical or invasive procedures.(b) Each hospital and ambulatory surgical center shall adopt policies for the reduction of human exposure to surgical smoke.Added by 2022 Ga. Laws 849,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.