SCS/HB 283 - Under this act, no health care provider, or any student or trainee under the supervision of a health care provider, shall perform a patient examination, defined as a prostate, anal, or pelvic examination, upon an anesthetized or unconscious patient in a health care facility, unless: (1) the patient or person authorized to make health care decisions for the patient gives specific informed consent for nonmedical purposes, (2) the patient is unable to give verbal or written consent and the examination is necessary for diagnostic or treatment purposes, (3) the collection of evidence through a forensic examination for a suspected sexual assault is necessary because the evidence will be lost or the patient is unable to give informed consent due to a medical condition, or (4) emergency implied consent, as described in the act, is present. A health care provider shall notify a patient of certain examinations performed. A health care provider who violates the provisions of this act, or who supervises a student or trainee who violates the provisions of this act, shall be subject to disciplinary action by the provider's licensing board. This act is substantially similar to the truly agreed to and finally passed HCS/SS/SCS/SB 106 (2023), the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 45 & 90 (2023), the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/HB 402 (2023), HS/SS/SB 198 (2023), HCS/HB 1742 (2022), and SB 746 (2022). SARAH HASKINS
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