Wisconsin Legislative Council
AMENDMENT MEMO
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Memo published: February 20, 2024 Contact: Margit Kelley, Principal Attorney
2023 Assembly Bill 125
Assembly Substitute
Amendment 1
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 125
2023 Assembly Bill 125 requires a hospital 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.
The bill also requires that every hospital must 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.
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1
The substitute amendment replaces the bill with a requirement that a hospital ensure written informed
consent is obtained from a patient before a pelvic exam is performed on the patient solely for
educational purposes while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious.
The substitute amendment also creates a Department of Health Services administrative rule that
provides that a hospital must maintain written policies and procedures requiring written informed
consent to be obtained from a patient before a pelvic exam is performed on the patient solely for
educational purposes while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious.
BILL HISTORY
Representative Brandtjen offered Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 on February 12, 2024. On
February 20, 2024, the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care recommended
adoption of the amendment, and passage of the bill, as amended, on votes of Ayes, 16; Noes, 0.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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