Maine Revised Statutes
Subchapter 5: GENERAL PROVISIONS
24 §2905-B. Informed consent for pelvic, rectal or prostate examination

§2905-B. Informed consent for pelvic, rectal or prostate examination
A health care practitioner may not perform a pelvic, rectal or prostate examination or supervise a pelvic, rectal or prostate examination performed by an individual practicing under the supervision of the health care practitioner on a patient without first obtaining the patient's specific informed consent, orally and in writing, to that pelvic, rectal or prostate examination, unless:   [PL 2019, c. 602, §1 (NEW).]
1.  Unconscious patient; diagnostic purposes and medically necessary.  In the case of an unconscious patient, the examination is required for diagnostic purposes and is medically necessary;  
[PL 2021, c. 92, §1 (AMD).]
2.  Examination on unconscious alleged victim of sexual assault.  The health care practitioner is authorized to perform the examination pursuant to section 2986, subsection 5; or  
[PL 2021, c. 92, §1 (AMD).]
3.  Conscious patient.  The patient is conscious, in which case the health care practitioner shall obtain the patient's specific informed consent, orally, to that pelvic, rectal or prostate examination.  
[PL 2021, c. 92, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2019, c. 602, §1 (NEW). PL 2021, c. 92, §1 (AMD).

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