1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2435, the second engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 23, after line 13, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 6. [144.6584] INFORMED CONSENT REQUIRED FOR SENSITIVE
1.4EXAMINATIONS.
1.5    Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "sensitive examination" means
1.6a pelvic, breast, urogenital, or rectal examination.
1.7    Subd. 2. Informed consent required; exceptions. A health professional, or a student
1.8or resident participating in a course of instruction, clinical training, or a residency program
1.9for a health profession, must not perform a sensitive examination on an anesthetized or
1.10unconscious patient unless:
1.11(1) the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative provided prior written,
1.12informed consent to the sensitive examination for preventive, diagnostic, or treatment
1.13purposes;
1.14(2) the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative provided prior written,
1.15informed consent to the sensitive examination being performed solely for educational or
1.16training purposes;
1.17(3) the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative provided prior written,
1.18informed consent to a surgical procedure or diagnostic examination and the sensitive
1.19examination is related to that surgical procedure or diagnostic examination and is medically
1.20necessary;
1.21(4) the patient is unconscious and incapable of providing informed consent and the
1.22sensitive examination is medically necessary for diagnostic or treatment purposes; or
2.1(5) the sensitive examination is performed by a health professional qualified to perform
2.2the examination and is performed for purposes of collecting evidence or documenting
2.3injuries.
2.4    Subd. 3. Ground for disciplinary action. A violation of this section is a ground for
2.5disciplinary action by the health-related licensing board regulating the individual who
2.6violated this section."
2.7Amend the title accordingly