1. (1) A person licensed or certified under this title to provide health care may not knowingly perform or supervise the performance of a breast, pelvic, urogenital, prostate, or rectal examination on a patient who is anesthetized or unconscious unless:

   1. (a) the patient or a person authorized to make health care decisions for the patient has provided specific informed consent to the examination;
   2. (b) the examination is within the scope of care for a procedure or diagnostic examination scheduled to be performed on the patient; or
   3. (c) an emergency exists, it is impracticable to obtain consent, and the examination is necessary for diagnostic or treatment purposes.
2. (2) Violation of subsection (1) constitutes unprofessional conduct.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 197, L. 2023.