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Minn. committee re-refers bill requiring consent for student pelvic, prostate exams under anesthesia
Summary
The committee voted to re-refer House File 2371 to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee after hearing sponsors, a RAINN representative, and lawmakers debate requiring explicit patient consent before students perform sensitive exams on anesthetized patients.
Representatives on a Minnesota House committee voted to re-refer House File 2371 to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee after hearing testimony and questions about a proposal that would require explicit patient consent before medical students perform pelvic, prostate or rectal exams on anesthetized or otherwise incapacitated patients.
The bill, presented by Representative Robbins and co-presented by Representative Berg, would require that “patients give consent before undergoing anesthetized procedures under which, they could have a pelvic or a prostate exam performed on them by students who are learning how to be physicians,” Representative Robbins told the committee.
Advocates and medical groups cited in the hearing said similar laws exist in other states and that professional organizations support informed-consent practices. Molly Montague, director of state…
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