Michigan currently has no state law preventing medical students from performing pelvic exams on anesthetized patients without their consent. Surveys indicate that nonconsensual exams are common for ...

Performing intimate exams under anesthesia (EUA) is a standard part of medical training. Yet, some researchers and opponents argue that pelvic and prostate exams too often occur without explicit ...

On April 1, the Department of Health and Human Services released a letter to the nation’s teaching hospitals and medical schools to “reiterate and provide clarity” about the need for written, informed ...

HHS on Monday revised and clarified requirements for informed consent for certain procedures done in the hospital, especially examinations done while the patient is under anesthesia. "It is critically ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious patients ...

On Monday, the federal government issued new recommendations that require hospitals to get consent before conducting intimate exams on patients, especially those under anesthesia. The Scripps News ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious patients ...

Savanah Harshbarger estimates she performed as many as 10 pelvic exams last year on patients before gynecologic surgeries, feeling for fibroid tumors or other abnormalities. The Duke University ...

UPDATE: Gov. Josh Shapiro says he plans to sign the bill into law. A ban on pelvic, prostate and similar exams on unconscious patients who haven’t given permission needs only the signature of Gov.

(WHTM) — A new law in Pennsylvania aims to protect patients getting surgery. It passed the State House and Senate unanimously just before Thanksgiving before Governor Shapiro signed it into law. The ...

HARRISBURG — A new Pennsylvania law will require doctors to get a patient’s verbal and written consent before medical students can perform pelvic or rectal exams on someone who receives anesthesia. At ...