Twenty-seven U.S. states require hospitals to give unconscious patients informed consent before students perform intimate exams on them for their training. Ohio is poised to become the 28th. Across ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two Ohio lawmakers have taken aim at doctors’ and medical students’ use of intimate exams on unconsenting patients. House Bill 89, introduced by state Reps. Brett Hillyer ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new batch of states is looking to legislate the level of informed consent required for medical students to perform pelvic exams on unconscious patients for educational purposes.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious ...

In Colorado, when a patient is sedated for surgery, it is legal for medical providers to perform unrelated intimate exams on the unconscious patient’s genitals without their consent. Lawmakers are ...

Indiana currently does not have a law to expressly prohibit doctors or medical students from performing exams on you that you ...

HHS on Monday revised and clarified requirements for informed consent for certain procedures done in the hospital, especially examinations done while the patient is under anesthesia. "It is critically ...

Medical chaperones who observe intimate physical examinations are becoming more common in hospitals and doctor's offices nationwide amid high-profile sexual abuse cases in which many victims said they ...