93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2729


 
Introduced 2/4/2004, by Iris Y. Martinez
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













225 ILCS 60/22.5 new










    Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that a physician or a student undertaking a course
of professional instruction or a clinical training program may not
perform a pelvic examination on an anesthetized or unconscious female
  patient unless (1) the patient gave informed consent to the pelvic
examination, (2) the performance of a pelvic examination is within the
scope of care for the surgical procedure or diagnostic examination
to be performed on the patient, or (3) in the case of an unconscious
patient, the pelvic examination is required for diagnostic purposes.
















LRB093 20738 AMC 46628 b

















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











SB2729

LRB093 20738 AMC 46628 b






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    AN ACT concerning professional regulation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended  by 
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adding Section 22.5 as follows:
 
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    (225 ILCS 60/22.5  new)
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    Sec. 22.5. Pelvic examinations.

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    (a) The General Assembly finds that, according to an 
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article in
the Wall Street Journal on March 12, 2003, medical 
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students often are
allowed by their training physicians to 
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practice pelvic examinations
in operating rooms on a patient 
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who is unconscious and has not given
explicit consent to the 
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examination.  Pursuant to the practice, the
training physician 
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performs the examination first, and the medical
student repeats 
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the examination.
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    (b) A physician or a student undertaking a course
of 
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professional instruction or a clinical training program may not

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perform a pelvic examination on an anesthetized or unconscious 
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female
  patient unless (1) the patient gave informed consent to 
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the pelvic
examination, (2) the performance of a pelvic 
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examination is within the
scope of care for the surgical 
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procedure or diagnostic examination
to be performed on the 
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patient, or (3) in the case of an unconscious
patient, the 
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pelvic examination is required for diagnostic purposes.