147.114 Prior informed consent relative to pelvic examinations — patient under anesthesia or unconscious — penalties.
1. A person licensed or certified to practice a profession, or a student undertaking a course of instruction or participating in a clinical training or residency program for a profession, shall not perform a pelvic examination on an anesthetized or unconscious patient unless one of the following conditions is met:
a. The patient or the patient’s authorized representative provides prior written informed consent to the pelvic examination, and the pelvic examination is necessary for preventive, diagnostic, or treatment purposes.
b. The patient or the patient’s authorized representative has provided prior written informed consent to a surgical procedure or diagnostic examination to be performed on the patient, and the performance of a pelvic examination is within the scope of care ordered for that surgical procedure or diagnostic examination.
c. The patient is unconscious and incapable of providing prior informed consent, and the pelvic examination is necessary for diagnostic or treatment purposes.
d. A court has ordered the performance of the pelvic examination for the purposes of collection of evidence.
2. A person who violates this section is subject to the penalty specified under section 147.86, and any professional disciplinary provisions, as applicable.
2017 Acts, ch 174, §111
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