Consumer Advocacy (5 questions)

Question 1

Consumer Advocacy (5 questions)

A health care practitioner, a medical student, or any other student receiving training as a health care practitioner may not perform a pelvic examination on a patient without the ______ _______ of the patient or the patient’s legal representative

Answer 1

written consent

except when:

1. (a) A court orders performance of the pelvic examination for the collection of evidence; or
2. The pelvic examination is immediately necessary to avert a serious risk of imminent substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the patient.