(1) A health care provider may not knowingly perform or authorize a student practicing under the provider’s authority to perform a pelvic examination on a patient who is anesthetized or unconscious unless:
- (a) The patient or a person authorized to make health care decisions for the patient gave specific informed consent to the examination; or
- (b) The examination is necessary for diagnostic or treatment purposes.
- (2) A health care provider who violates the provisions of subsection (1) of this section is subject to discipline from the provider’s licensing board pursuant to title 54, Idaho Code.
[39-4517, added 2024, ch. 183, sec. 1, p. 670.]