hospital regulations
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Colorado lawmakers unanimously vote to ban intimate exams on unconscious, non-consenting patients
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. State lawmakers unanimously voted to change that with House Bill 1077. If signed into law, the bill would prohibit medical providers from performing intimate exams on unconscious patients…