Bill Text: HI SB2779 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Medical Procedures; X-rays; Computed Tomography Scans
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-03 - (H) Referred to HLT, JUD, referral sheet 33 [SB2779 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2779-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to medical procedures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 671-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The following information shall be supplied to the patient or the patient's guardian or legal surrogate prior to obtaining consent to a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure:
(1) The condition to be treated;
(2) A description of the proposed treatment or procedure;
(3) The intended and anticipated results of the proposed treatment or procedure;
(4) The recognized alternative treatments or procedures, including the option of not providing these treatments or procedures;
(5) The recognized material risks of serious complications or mortality associated with:
(A) The proposed treatment or procedure;
(B) The recognized alternative treatments or procedures; and
(C) Not undergoing any treatment or procedure;
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(6) For x-rays and computed tomography scans, the amount of radiation exposure to the patient and the attendant health risks, if any, from such exposure; and
[(6)] (7) The recognized benefits of the
recognized alternative treatments or procedures."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Medical Procedures; X-rays; Computed Tomography Scans
Description:
Requires that patients be informed of the amount of radiation exposure to the patient prior to obtaining consent to an x-ray or computed tomography scan.
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