As an operating room nurse at VCU Health for the past 25 years, I really do not understand the need or reasoning for any changes to the current law related to CST certification. I feel that this is yet another way for another certification body to collect fees and impose their regulations unnecessarily. If this law is passed, it will negatively affect several very good & very experienced operating room techs. We cannot do our jobs without them on the team. In this time of extreme staffing shortages, I would suggest not placing any more obstacles in the way of people doing their job. "If it ain't broke......."   Thank you for listening, Lou Alexander, RN CNOR