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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5067
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 178
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. CONLEY, 40th Dist.
SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.
SEN. SLAP, 5th Dist.
REP. DE LA CRUZ, 41st Dist.
REP. LINEHAN, 103rd Dist.
REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.
REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist.
REP. GILCHREST, 18th Dist.
REP. TURCO, 27th Dist.
REP. SMITH, 48th Dist.
REP. SIMMONS, 144th Dist.
REP. NOLAN, 39th Dist.
REP. RILEY, 46th Dist.
REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd Dist.
REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist.
REP. DATHAN, 142nd Dist.
REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING INFORMED CONSENT FOR A PELVIC OR
PROSTATE EXAMINATION ON A PATIENT WHO IS UNDER DEEP
SEDATION OR ANESTHESIA OR UNCONSCIOUS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require any physician, 1
medical student or person participating in a residency program or 2
clinical training program to acquire informed consent from a patient to 3
undergo a pelvic or prostate examination while under deep sedation or 4
anesthesia or unconscious. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit unauthorized pelvic and prostate examinations on patients
who have been administered sedation or anesthesia or are unconscious.