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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5711
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1474
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. KAVROS DEGRAW, 17
th Dist.
REP. ELLIOTT, 88
th Dist.
AN ACT PROHIBITING AN UNAUTHORIZED PELVIC EXAMINATION
ON A FEMALE 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 prohibit anyone from 1
performing a pelvic examination on a woman who has been 2
administered deep sedation or general anesthesia without the woman's 3
prior knowledge of and consent for such examination. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent unauthorized pelvic examinations on women who have
been administered deep sedation or anesthesia or who are unconscious.