| 25 | | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) No physician licensed 1 |
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| 26 | | - | pursuant to chapter 370 of the general statutes, student in a medical 2 |
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| 27 | | - | school participating in a course of instruction or person participating 3 |
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| 28 | | - | in a residency program or clinical training program may perform a 4 |
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| 29 | | - | pelvic examination on a female patient who is (1) under deep sedation 5 |
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| 30 | | - | or anesthesia, or (2) unconscious unless (A) the patient or, if the patient 6 |
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| 31 | | - | is incapacitated, the legal representative of the patient gave informed 7 |
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| 32 | | - | consent to the pelvic examination, (B) the performance of a pelvic 8 |
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| 33 | | - | examination is within the scope of the surgical procedure or diagnostic 9 |
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| 34 | | - | examination to be performed on the patient, or (C) in the case of an 10 |
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| 35 | | - | unconscious patient, the pelvic examination is required for diagnostic 11 |
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| 36 | | - | purposes. 12 |
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| 37 | | - | (b) The Department of Public Health (1) shall investigate any 13 |
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| 38 | | - | alleged violation of subsection (a) of this section pursuant to 14 |
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| 39 | | - | subdivision (11) of subsection (a) of section 19a-14 of the general 15 |
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| 40 | | - | Committee Bill No. 16 |
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| 43 | | - | LCO No. 4757 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | | - | statutes, and (2) if the department determines a violation was 16 |
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| 46 | | - | committed, may take disciplinary action under section 19a-17 of the 17 |
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| 47 | | - | general statutes. 18 |
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| 48 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 51 | | - | Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section |
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| 23 | + | That the general statutes be amended to prohibit anyone from 1 |
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| 24 | + | performing a pelvic examination on a woman who has been 2 |
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| 25 | + | administered deep sedation or general anesthesia without the woman's 3 |
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| 26 | + | prior knowledge of and consent for such examination. 4 |
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| 54 | | - | To prohibit unauthorized pelvic examinations on female patients who |
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| 55 | | - | have been administered deep sedation or anesthesia or are |
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| 56 | | - | unconscious. |
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| 57 | | - | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, |
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| 58 | | - | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is |
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| 59 | | - | not underlined.] |
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| 61 | | - | Co-Sponsors: SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.; REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist. |
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| 63 | | - | S.B. 16 |
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| 28 | + | To prevent unauthorized pelvic examinations on woman who have |
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| 29 | + | been administered deep sedation or anesthesia. |
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