Requiring informed consent before performing a pelvic exam on a patient who is under general anesthesia or unconscious

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires hospitals to have and enforce a policy requiring written and verbal informed consent to be obtained from a patient before a medical student, a nursing student, any person providing nursing care, or any other person authorized to perform pelvic examinations may perform a pelvic examination on a patient who is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious. Under the bill, every hospital must also inform medical students, nursing students, persons providing nursing care, other persons authorized to perform pelvic examinations, and physicians supervising any of these individuals of the informed consent policy and must take appropriate action to discipline any individual who violates the policy or instructs a medical student, a nursing student, or a person providing nursing care to conduct an examination in violation of the policy.

Who's behind it

7 senators are its authors⁠. 4 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.

22 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

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