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Senate advances medical device liability bill after hourslong debate
Summary
Second substitute S.B.110, which would require reprocessors of single-use critical medical devices to assume liability, cleared a third‑reading vote after extended floor debate over patient safety, market effects and legal responsibility; the measure was read for a third time by a 25–2 margin and returned for further action.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate spent a sustained portion of its Feb. 2, 2005 session debating a bill that would shift liability for certain reprocessed single‑use medical devices from original manufacturers to the companies that recondition those devices.
Senator Ted Butters, sponsor of the second substitute S.B.110, told the Senate the measure targets “critical single use medical device[s]” — devices stamped by their manufacturer for one‑time use and intended to contact normally sterile body tissues. Butters said reprocessors that recondition and resell those items should “assume the liability” for any failures after reprocessing, arguing the practice can leave Utah manufacturers such…
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