March 24, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives Brandtjen, Allen, Andraca, Bare, Behnke, Bodden, Clancy, Emerson, Joers, Madison, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Subeck and Wichgers, cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Taylor, Cowles, Hesselbein, Larson, Roys, Spreitzer and Wirch. Referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
AB125,,22An Act to create 50.373 of the statutes; relating to: requiring informed consent before performing a pelvic examination on a patient who is under general anesthesia or unconscious. AB125,,33Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires hospitals 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. Under the bill, every hospital must also 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.
AB125,,44The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: AB125,15Section 1. 50.373 of the statutes is created to read: AB125,,6650.373 Informed consent for pelvic examinations. (1) In this section, “nursing care” includes professional nursing, as defined in s. 441.001 (4), and practical nursing, as defined in s. 441.001 (3). AB125,,77(2) Every hospital shall have and enforce a policy that requires 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. AB125,,88(3) Every hospital shall inform medical students, nursing students, persons providing nursing care, any other person authorized to perform pelvic examinations, and physicians supervising any of these individuals of the policy required under this section and shall take appropriate action to discipline any individual who violates the policy or instructs a medical student, a nursing student, any person providing nursing care, or any other person authorized to perform pelvic examinations to conduct an examination in violation of the policy.
